Lacombe is a somewhat small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 8,657 people and three associated neighborhoods, Lacombe is the 56th largest community in Louisiana.Lacombe is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lacombe is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lacombe who work in office and administrative support (14.00%), management occupations (10.78%), and computer science and math (7.07%). Also of interest is that Lacombe has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.38% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Lacombe is worth considering. One downside of living in Lacombe, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.10 minutes every day commuting to work. As is often the case in a small town, Lacombe doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of people in Lacombe who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.84% of adults in Lacombe have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Lacombe in 2022 was $41,623, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,492 for a family of four. However, Lacombe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lacombe is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lacombe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lacombe residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lacombe also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.57% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lacombe include French, German, English, Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Lacombe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
