St. Bernard is a very small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 2,329 people and two associated neighborhoods, St. Bernard is the 160th largest community in Louisiana. Much of the housing stock in St. Bernard was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local St. Bernard economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in St. Bernard, where the median household income is $60,319.00.

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

A relatively large number of people in St. Bernard telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.02% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) St. Bernard has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. St. Bernard has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in St. Bernard than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, St. Bernard may be for you.

One of the nice things about St. Bernard is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

One downside of living in St. Bernard is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In St. Bernard, the average commute to work is 35.15 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, St. Bernard doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The citizens of St. Bernard have a very low rate of college education: just 8.81% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in St. Bernard in 2022 was $31,903, which is upper middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,612 for a family of four. However, St. Bernard contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

St. Bernard is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call St. Bernard home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Bernard residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. St. Bernard also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.36% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in St. Bernard include French, Italian, German, Irish, and English.

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