Center Point is a tiny town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 520 people and just one neighborhood, Center Point is the 285th largest community in Louisiana.
Center Point is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 97.11% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Center Point is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Center Point who work in management occupations (36.10%), office and administrative support (20.94%), and teaching (14.44%).
Center Point is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Center Point, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Center Point has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
Because of many things, Center Point is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Center Point a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Center Point has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Center Point’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
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!) Center Point 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. Center Point has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Center Point than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Center Point may be for you.
One downside of living in Center Point is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Center Point, the average commute to work is 42.41 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Center Point doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Center Point is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.00% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Center Point in 2018 was $17,039, which is low income relative to Louisiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $68,156 for a family of four. Center Point also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 50.72% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Center Point home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Center Point residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Center Point include French, German, English, Scots-Irish, and Acadian/Cajun.
The most common language spoken in Center Point is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Center Point, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 12.8% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.6% of all neighborhoods in America.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 24 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 22.2% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Center Point are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 41.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 89.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 38.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 26.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (22.5%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.7% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.2%).
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 Center Point, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (22.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (5.7%), and residents who report English roots (4.7%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.4%), along with some Spanish ancestry residents (2.0%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.1% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods. However, there is also a significant group of residents (12.8%) who commute over an hour in each direction.
Here most residents (86.9%) 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 (12.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
