Kinder is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 2,092 people and two associated neighborhoods, Kinder is the 165th largest community in Louisiana.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Kinder is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Kinder is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Kinder who work in office and administrative support (10.12%), food service (9.79%), and teaching (9.67%). 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!) Kinder 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. Kinder has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Kinder than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Kinder may be for you.The percentage of people in Kinder with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.77% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Kinder in 2022 was $22,354, which is lower middle income relative to Louisiana, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $89,416 for a family of four. However, Kinder contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Kinder also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.70% of its population below the federal poverty line.Kinder is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Kinder home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kinder residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Kinder include English, French Canadian, French, German, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Kinder is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
