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Welsh - Roanoke, LA

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Overview


Welsh - Roanoke is a somewhat small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 5,115 people and just one neighborhood, Welsh - Roanoke is the 89th largest community in Louisiana.

Occupations and Workforce

Welsh - Roanoke is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Welsh - Roanoke is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Welsh - Roanoke who work in sales jobs (12.17%), management occupations (11.08%), and teaching (9.48%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Being a small town, Welsh - Roanoke does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The citizens of Welsh - Roanoke are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.37% of adults in Welsh - Roanoke have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Welsh - Roanoke in 2022 was $26,686, 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 $106,744 for a family of four. However, Welsh - Roanoke contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Welsh - Roanoke is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Welsh - Roanoke home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Welsh - Roanoke residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Welsh - Roanoke include French, French Canadian, Irish, Italian, and English.

The most common language spoken in Welsh - Roanoke is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Welsh - Roanoke, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Car Ownership

We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 41.9% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 98.7% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 90.1% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.5% of all American neighborhoods.

People

NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that the neighborhood has a greater concentration of residents currently enrolled in college than 96.0% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. With 12.2% of the population here attending college, this is very much a college-focused neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.8% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 17.7% have French ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 9.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak French at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Welsh - Roanoke are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.5% 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, 32.0% 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 28.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (26.6%), and 12.9% 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 90.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include French and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Welsh - Roanoke, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (17.7%). There are also a number of people of French Canadian ancestry (9.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.3%), along with some Spanish ancestry residents (3.0%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.4% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (90.1%) 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 (8.6%) . 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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