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Des Allemands - Paradis, LA

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Overview


Des Allemands - Paradis is a somewhat small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 5,211 people and just one neighborhood, Des Allemands - Paradis is the 85th largest community in Louisiana.

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

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Des Allemands - Paradis isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Des Allemands - Paradis are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Des Allemands - Paradis is a town of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Des Allemands - Paradis who work in healthcare (11.53%), management occupations (11.37%), and office and administrative support (8.17%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The town 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, Des Allemands - Paradis has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Des Allemands - Paradis a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

In Des Allemands - Paradis, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.70 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Des Allemands - Paradis does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The education level of Des Allemands - Paradis citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.29% of adults 25 and older in Des Allemands - Paradis have a college degree.

The per capita income in Des Allemands - Paradis in 2022 was $59,110, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $236,440 for a family of four.

Des Allemands - Paradis is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Des Allemands - Paradis home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Des Allemands - Paradis residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Des Allemands - Paradis include French, German, Irish, French Canadian, and Acadian/Cajun.

The most common language spoken in Des Allemands - Paradis is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Italian.

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 Des Allemands - Paradis, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 94.3% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.5% of all American neighborhoods.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.2% of all neighborhoods in America, with 30.3% 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, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 40 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.0% of America.

People

With a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 88.5% of the neighborhoods in LA. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students. In addition to being an excellent choice for college students, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for families with school-aged children.

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, 19.5% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 5.9% have French Canadian 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 Des Allemands - Paradis are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 84.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 58.0% of America'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, 37.9% 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 29.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.6%), and 11.3% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.8% of households. Some people also speak French (2.2%).

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 Des Allemands - Paradis, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (19.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of French Canadian ancestry (5.9%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.8%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.2% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (94.3%) 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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