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Abita Springs, LA

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Overview


Abita Springs is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 2,707 people and just one neighborhood, Abita Springs is the 149th largest community in Louisiana.

Abita Springs real estate is some of the most expensive in Louisiana, although Abita Springs house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Abita Springs is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.87% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Abita Springs is a town of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Abita Springs who work in management occupations (15.11%), teaching (11.06%), and office and administrative support (9.71%).

Of important note, Abita Springs is also a town of artists. Abita Springs has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Abita Springs’s character.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.32% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Abita Springs is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Abita Springs’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

In Abita Springs, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.87 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Abita Springs 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.

Demographics

Abita Springs is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 45.85% of adults in Abita Springs have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.

The per capita income in Abita Springs in 2018 was $33,476, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,904 for a family of four. However, Abita Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Abita Springs is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Abita Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Abita Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Abita Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.26% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Abita Springs include Irish, German, French, English, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Abita Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, is among the best neighborhoods for families in Louisiana. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 97.6% of neighborhoods in the entire state of Louisiana. Its combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes gives this area the look and feel of a "Leave It to Beaver" episode. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a strong sense of community. In addition, the high number of college-educated parents influences the academic success of the local schools. Overall, you will find all of the amenities a family needs to thrive in the neighborhood. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for active retirees and highly educated executives.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and Lebanese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 14.5% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 1.7% have Lebanese ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Abita Springs are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 61.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.9% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 65.7% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 50.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 20.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.4%), and 11.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Abita Springs, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (18.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (15.5%), and residents who report French roots (14.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (10.9%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (8.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (74.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (10.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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