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Real Estate Prices & Overview

Galvez / Little Prairie median real estate price is $209,569, which is more expensive than 55.7% of the neighborhoods in Louisiana and 27.8% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.

The average rental price in Galvez / Little Prairie is currently $1,384, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 45.7% of Louisiana neighborhoods.

Galvez / Little Prairie is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Prairieville, Louisiana.

Galvez / Little Prairie real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and mobile homes. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Galvez / Little Prairie neighborhood are newer, built in 2000 or more recently. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.

In Galvez / Little Prairie, the current vacancy rate is 0.9%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 92.1% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Galvez / Little Prairie is very tight compared to the demand for property here.

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 Prairieville, the Galvez / Little Prairie neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Modes of Transportation

In the Galvez / Little Prairie neighborhood, 2.8% of people ride a ferry to work each day. This is a very high percentage compared to most places. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this is a higher level of ferry ridership than in 99.7% of the neighborhoods in America.

Also, our research reveals that 94.1% of commuters who live in the Galvez / Little Prairie neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 98.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

People

According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, Galvez / Little Prairie is among the best neighborhoods for families in Louisiana. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 96.7% of neighborhoods in the entire state of Louisiana. Its combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes gives this area the look and feel of a "Leave It to Beaver" episode. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a strong sense of community. In addition, the high number of college-educated parents influences the academic success of the local schools. Overall, you will find all of the amenities a family needs to thrive in the Galvez / Little Prairie neighborhood. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for college students.

Real Estate

Owner-occupied real estate dominates the Galvez / Little Prairie neighborhood. In fact, according to NeighborhoodScout research, the percentage of residential real estate occupied by its owner is higher here than in 95.7% of neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the Galvez / Little Prairie neighborhood has more French and Iranian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 15.4% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 2.7% have Iranian ancestry.

Galvez / Little Prairie is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.7% 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 97.3% 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 Galvez / Little Prairie neighborhood in Prairieville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 76.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.9% 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 75.7% 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 Galvez / Little Prairie neighborhood, 31.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.3%), and 19.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the Galvez / Little Prairie neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.2% of households. Some people also speak Italian (8.7%).

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 Galvez / Little Prairie neighborhood in Prairieville, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (15.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.7%), and residents who report German roots (10.5%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.8%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (6.1%), 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 Galvez / Little Prairie neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.5% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (94.1%) 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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