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Choudrant, LA

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Overview


Choudrant is a tiny village located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 1,005 people and just one neighborhood, Choudrant is the 233rd largest community in Louisiana. Choudrant has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Choudrant, where the median household income is $69,313.00.

Choudrant real estate is some of the most expensive in Louisiana, although Choudrant house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Choudrant is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 87.00% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Choudrant is a village of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Choudrant who work in office and administrative support (28.79%), management occupations (20.28%), and healthcare (8.36%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Residents of the village have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.69 minutes getting to work every day.

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

Demographics

The citizens of Choudrant are among the most well-educated in the nation: 41.25% of adults in Choudrant have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Choudrant in 2022 was $44,121, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $176,484 for a family of four. However, Choudrant contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Choudrant is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Choudrant home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Choudrant residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Choudrant include English, Irish, German, British, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Choudrant is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

People

If you are planning to retire in Louisiana, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Louisiana, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 97.7% of neighborhoods in LA. If a Louisiana retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for families with school-aged children.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.5% of all neighborhoods in America, with 38.9% 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.

Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 89.6% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.9% of all American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Irish and British ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 26.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry and 2.5% have British 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 Choudrant are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 30.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.2% 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, 37.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 25.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.0%), and 18.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.4% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Choudrant, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (26.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.6%), and residents who report German roots (9.2%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (7.4%), along with some British ancestry residents (2.5%), 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 (41.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (89.6%) 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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