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Provencal, LA

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Overview


Provencal is a tiny village located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 518 people and just one neighborhood, Provencal is the 283rd largest community in Louisiana.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages, Provencal isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Provencal are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Provencal is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Provencal who work in teaching (23.28%), art, media, and design (15.52%), and office and administrative support (11.21%).

Of important note, Provencal is also a village of artists. Provencal has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Provencal’s character.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.52% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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

It is a fairly quiet village 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!) Provencal 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. Provencal has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Provencal than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Provencal may be for you.

In Provencal, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.88 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small village, Provencal does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Provencal is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.47% of adults 25 and older in Provencal have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Provencal in 2018 was $37,221, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,884 for a family of four. However, Provencal contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Provencal home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Provencal residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Provencal include French, Irish, English, Swedish, and German.

The most common language spoken in Provencal is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other Asian languages and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.8% of all neighborhoods in America, with 35.8% 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 15 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 10.0% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Louisiana, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Louisiana.

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, 11.5% 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 Provencal are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 58.1% 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, 44.4% 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 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (14.7%), and 11.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.5% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.2%).

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 Provencal, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (12.2%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (11.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.6%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (7.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.7%), 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 neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (87.7%) 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 (7.1%) . 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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