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Morganza, LA

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Overview


Morganza is a tiny village located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 510 people and just one neighborhood, Morganza is the 284th largest community in Louisiana.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages, Morganza isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Morganza are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Morganza is a village of service providers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Morganza who work in food service (16.80%), office and administrative support (10.66%), and the sciences (9.84%).

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Morganza has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Also of interest is that Morganza has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the village is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Morganza is worth considering.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Morganza who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.54% of the adults in Morganza have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Morganza in 2022 was $25,691, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,764 for a family of four. However, Morganza contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Morganza is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Morganza home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Morganza residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Morganza also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.54% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Morganza include French, Irish, Italian, German, and English.

The most common language spoken in Morganza is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 93.0% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 98.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 44 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 90.3% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and Cuban ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 24.9% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 2.3% have Cuban ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Morganza are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 41.9% of the neighborhoods in America. With 15.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 61.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 39.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 30.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.9%), and 11.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian, Spanish and French.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Morganza, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (24.9%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (8.5%), and residents who report German roots (8.3%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.0%), along with some English ancestry residents (3.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (93.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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