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Hodge, LA

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Overview


Hodge is a tiny village located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 375 people and just one neighborhood, Hodge is the 299th largest community in Louisiana.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Hodge is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hodge is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Hodge who work in maintenance occupations (23.02%), sales jobs (12.70%), and office and administrative support (11.11%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Hodge has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Hodge a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One of the benefits of Hodge is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.53 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.

Hodge is very much a car-oriented village. This is because the population of Hodge isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.14% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

As is often the case in a small village, Hodge doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The population of Hodge has a very low overall level of education: only 9.07% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Hodge in 2018 was $17,982, which is low income relative to Louisiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $71,928 for a family of four. However, Hodge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hodge is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Hodge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hodge residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hodge include Irish, British, Scots-Irish, German, and English.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 92.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Hodge is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in LA, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 87.6% of the neighborhoods in Louisiana. If you are considering retiring to Louisiana, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

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 Hodge are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 83.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 45.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 92.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 32.4% 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 28.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.3%), and 16.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households.

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 Hodge, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (14.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (5.6%), and residents who report French roots (3.9%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.9%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.6%), 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 (46.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (86.0%) 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 (5.2%) . 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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