Watson is a tiny town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 956 people and just one neighborhood, Watson is the 237th largest community in Louisiana.
Watson real estate is some of the most expensive in Louisiana, although Watson house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some towns, Watson isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Watson are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Watson is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Watson who work in business and financial occupations (29.86%), sales jobs (18.04%), and art, media, and design (6.21%).
Of important note, Watson is also a town of artists. Watson has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Watson’s character.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.22% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
Because of many things, Watson is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Watson a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Watson has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Watson’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
One downside of living in Watson, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 38.02 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Watson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Watson overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Watson, 24.67% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Watson in 2022 was $41,106, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $164,424 for a family of four.
The people who call Watson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Watson residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Watson include French, Irish, German, English, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Watson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, is among the best neighborhoods for families in Louisiana. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 97.2% of neighborhoods in the entire state of Louisiana. Its combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes gives this area the look and feel of a "Leave It to Beaver" episode. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a strong sense of community. In addition, the high number of college-educated parents influences the academic success of the local schools. Overall, you will find all of the amenities a family needs to thrive in the neighborhood. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for college students and highly educated executives.
Homes built from 2000 through today make up a higher proportion of the neighborhood's real estate landscape than 95.0% of the neighborhoods in America. When you are driving around this neighborhood, you'll notice right away that it is one of the newest built of any, with the smell of fresh paint, and the look of young landscaping nearly everywhere you look. In fact, 65.9% of the residential real estate here is classified as newer.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 21.5% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 20.8% have English ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Watson are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 81.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.9% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 79.0% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 40.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 24.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.0%), and 11.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
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 97.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Chinese.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Watson, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (21.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (20.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (15.1%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (8.8%), along with some German ancestry residents (7.8%), among others.
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 (32.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.4%) 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 (7.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.