St. Bernard is a very small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 2,329 people and two associated neighborhoods, St. Bernard is the 160th largest community in Louisiana. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in St. Bernard, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to St. Bernard, and putting down their money on brand new construction. St. Bernard’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. St. Bernard does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $60,319.00.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, St. Bernard is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 45.42% of the St. Bernard workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, St. Bernard is a town of construction workers and builders, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Bernard who work in computer science and math (13.47%), healthcare (10.83%), and sales jobs (9.24%). Also of interest is that St. Bernard has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in St. Bernard telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.02% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, St. Bernard has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes St. Bernard a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. St. Bernard is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. One downside of living in St. Bernard is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In St. Bernard, the average commute to work is 35.15 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, St. Bernard does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of St. Bernard have a very low rate of college education: just 8.81% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in St. Bernard in 2022 was $31,903, which is upper middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,612 for a family of four. However, St. Bernard contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. St. Bernard is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call St. Bernard home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Bernard residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. St. Bernard also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.36% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in St. Bernard include French, Italian, German, Irish, and English. The most common language spoken in St. Bernard is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
