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Arcadia, LA

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Overview


Arcadia is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 2,645 people and just one neighborhood, Arcadia is the 146th largest community in Louisiana.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Arcadia is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.07% of the Arcadia workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Arcadia is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Arcadia who work in maintenance occupations (11.03%), sales jobs (8.30%), and healthcare suport services (7.56%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Arcadia 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. Arcadia has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Arcadia than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Arcadia may be for you.

As is often the case in a small town, Arcadia doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Arcadia rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.39% of adults 25 and older in Arcadia have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Arcadia in 2018 was $21,789, 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 $87,156 for a family of four. Arcadia also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.76% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Arcadia is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Arcadia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Arcadia residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Arcadia include Irish, French, German, Scots-Irish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Arcadia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.1%) living in the neighborhood.

In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Arcadia is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in LA, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.6% of the neighborhoods in Louisiana. If you are considering retiring to Louisiana, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

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 Arcadia are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 92.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 48.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 93.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 41.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.5%), and 11.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Arcadia, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (4.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (3.3%), and residents who report Sub-Saharan African roots (2.5%), and some of the residents are also of African ancestry (2.5%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.3%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (52.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (86.0%) 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 (13.6%) . 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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