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Norco, LA

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Overview


Norco is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 2,984 people and just one neighborhood, Norco is the 137th largest community in Louisiana.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Norco is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Norco is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Norco who work in office and administrative support (11.51%), sales jobs (9.96%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (6.74%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Norco 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

In terms of college education, Norco is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.18% of adults 25 and older in Norco have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Norco in 2018 was $45,074, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $180,296 for a family of four. However, Norco contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 95.9% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 99.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and Arab ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 25.5% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 3.2% have Arab ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 12.8% 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 98.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Norco are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 20.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 69.9% 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, 34.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.4%), and 17.4% 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 95.8% 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 Norco, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (25.5%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (11.4%), and residents who report German roots (9.1%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.6%), along with some Arab ancestry residents (3.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (95.9%) 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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