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Convent - Hester, LA

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Overview


Convent - Hester is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 2,005 people and just one neighborhood, Convent - Hester is the 170th largest community in Louisiana.

Occupations and Workforce

Convent - Hester is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Convent - Hester is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Convent - Hester who work in healthcare (24.22%), office and administrative support (9.08%), and sales jobs (8.26%).

Also of interest is that Convent - Hester has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Convent - Hester telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.53% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Convent - Hester is worth considering.

One downside of living in Convent - Hester is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Convent - Hester, the average commute to work is 30.88 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Convent - Hester who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.62% of the adults in Convent - Hester have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Convent - Hester in 2018 was $30,936, 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 $123,744 for a family of four. However, Convent - Hester contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Convent - Hester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Convent - Hester, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (2.2%) living in the neighborhood.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.0% of all neighborhoods in America, with 32.7% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 32 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 92.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

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, 12.5% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry.

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 Convent - Hester are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 63.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.2% 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 60.8% of America'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, 43.1% 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 25.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (16.1%), and 13.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.5% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.4%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Convent - Hester, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (12.5%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (2.6%), and residents who report German roots (2.3%), and some of the residents are also of French Canadian ancestry (1.4%).

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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (81.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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