Vacherie is a somewhat small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 5,827 people and two associated neighborhoods, Vacherie is the 78th largest community in Louisiana.Vacherie is a blue-collar town, with 35.77% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Vacherie is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vacherie who work in teaching (10.11%), sales jobs (10.03%), and office and administrative support (9.96%). 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!) Vacherie 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. Vacherie has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Vacherie than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Vacherie may be for you. One downside of living in Vacherie, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.51 minutes every day commuting to work. In terms of college education, Vacherie is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.02% of adults 25 and older in Vacherie have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Vacherie in 2022 was $32,538, which is upper middle income relative to Louisiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,152 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 White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vacherie include French, German, Acadian/Cajun, French Canadian, and English. The most common language spoken in Vacherie is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
