Lake Providence’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One of the benefits of Lake Providence is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.15 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small town, Lake Providence does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Lake Providence is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.87% of adults 25 and older in Lake Providence have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Lake Providence in 2018 was $19,897, 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 $79,588 for a family of four. However, Lake Providence contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lake Providence also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 49.27% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Lake Providence is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lake Providence home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lake Providence residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Lake Providence include English, German, Irish, Dutch, and African.
The most common language spoken in Lake Providence is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and African languages.
