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Berwick, LA

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Overview


Berwick is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 4,602 people and just one neighborhood, Berwick is the 96th largest community in Louisiana.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Berwick isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Berwick are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Berwick is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Berwick who work in office and administrative support (17.12%), sales jobs (16.85%), and management occupations (10.94%).

Also of interest is that Berwick has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

Berwick’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Berwick spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 19.14 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

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

Demographics

The population of Berwick overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Berwick, 22.34% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Berwick in 2022 was $28,202, which is upper middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,808 for a family of four. However, Berwick contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Berwick 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 Berwick, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 20.5% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 2.8% have French Canadian ancestry.

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 Berwick are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 22.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 72.3% 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, 30.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.9%), and 17.3% 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 95.6% 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 Berwick, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (20.5%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (11.1%), and residents who report English roots (6.1%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (4.9%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.2%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (49.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (87.8%) 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 (9.3%) . 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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