Pollock is a tiny town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 395 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pollock is the 297th largest community in Louisiana.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pollock is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pollock is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pollock who work in sales jobs (11.82%), personal care services (9.09%), and healthcare suport services (9.09%). 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!) Pollock 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. Pollock has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Pollock than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Pollock may be for you. One of the benefits of Pollock is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.78 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Being a small town, Pollock does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Pollock 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 Pollock, 22.93% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Pollock in 2022 was $24,839, 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 $99,356 for a family of four. However, Pollock contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Pollock home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pollock residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Pollock include English, Irish, German, French, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Pollock is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
