Olla - Urania is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 4,139 people and just one neighborhood, Olla - Urania is the 110th largest community in Louisiana.
When you are in Olla - Urania, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 46.97% of Olla - Urania’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Olla - Urania is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Olla - Urania who work in sales jobs (11.35%), farm management occupations (10.54%), and food service (8.11%).
Overall, Olla - Urania’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
In Olla - Urania, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.56 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The population of Olla - Urania has a very low overall level of education: only 7.92% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Olla - Urania in 2022 was $24,349, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,396 for a family of four. However, Olla - Urania contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Olla - Urania is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Olla - Urania home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Olla - Urania residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Olla - Urania include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Olla - Urania is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Olla - Urania, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 99.0% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Of particular note, 12.5% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
In addition, one of the really interesting characteristics about the neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 3.1% of college-friendly places to live in the state of Louisiana.
Our research shows that more people carpool to work here in the (26.2%) than in 97.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 12.2% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.3% of all neighborhoods in America.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 94.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Olla - Urania are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 36.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (20.0%), and 10.5% in farming, forestry, or commercial fishing.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.2%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Olla - Urania, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (5.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (2.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (2.2%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (2.1%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.8%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (28.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America. However, there is also a significant group of residents (12.2%) who commute over an hour in each direction.
Here most residents (69.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (26.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.