Vacherie is a somewhat small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 5,765 people and two associated neighborhoods, Vacherie is the 78th largest community in Louisiana. Vacherie real estate is some of the most expensive in Louisiana, although Vacherie house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some towns, Vacherie isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Vacherie are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Vacherie is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vacherie who work in sales jobs (14.89%), teaching (9.59%), and healthcare (9.08%). Also of interest is that Vacherie has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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, Vacherie has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Vacherie a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Vacherie, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.57 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Vacherie does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Vacherie 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 Vacherie, 24.50% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Vacherie in 2022 was $39,093, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $156,372 for a family of four. However, Vacherie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Vacherie is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Vacherie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vacherie residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Vacherie include French, German, Acadian/Cajun, English, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Vacherie is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and French Creole.
