Loranger is a somewhat small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 12,430 people and two associated neighborhoods, Loranger is the 37th largest community in Louisiana. Much of the housing stock in Loranger was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Loranger economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Loranger, where the median household income is $90,037.00.Unlike some towns, Loranger isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Loranger are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Loranger is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Loranger who work in office and administrative support (15.68%), management occupations (13.42%), and teaching (11.63%). 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!) Loranger 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. Loranger has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Loranger than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Loranger may be for you. One downside of living in Loranger is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Loranger, the average commute to work is 31.28 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Loranger is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Loranger are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.45% of adults in Loranger having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Loranger in 2022 was $45,132, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $180,528 for a family of four. However, Loranger contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Loranger home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Loranger residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Loranger include English, French, Irish, Italian, and German. The most common language spoken in Loranger is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
