Because of many things, Lacombe is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Lacombe a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Lacombe has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Lacombe’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
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!) Lacombe 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. Lacombe has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lacombe than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lacombe may be for you.
One downside of living in Lacombe is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Lacombe, the average commute to work is 32.37 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Lacombe doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Lacombe who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.71% of adults in Lacombe have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Lacombe in 2018 was $35,664, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,656 for a family of four. However, Lacombe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lacombe is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lacombe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lacombe residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lacombe include German, French, Italian, Irish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Lacombe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
