Vinton is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 3,103 people and two associated neighborhoods, Vinton is the 123rd largest community in Louisiana.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Vinton is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 54.14% of the Vinton workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Vinton is a town of construction workers and builders, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vinton who work in teaching (6.81%), sales jobs (6.47%), and personal care services (5.78%). It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Vinton 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. Vinton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Vinton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Vinton may be for you. Vinton 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.The percentage of people in Vinton with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.38% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Vinton in 2022 was $22,244, 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 $88,976 for a family of four. However, Vinton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Vinton also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.83% of its population below the federal poverty line.Vinton is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Vinton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vinton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Vinton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.49% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Vinton include Irish, English, French, German, and Acadian/Cajun. The most common language spoken in Vinton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
