Pleasant Hill - Converse is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 2,731 people and just one neighborhood, Pleasant Hill - Converse is the 143rd largest community in Louisiana.
When you are in Pleasant Hill - Converse, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.33% of Pleasant Hill - Converse’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Pleasant Hill - Converse is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pleasant Hill - Converse who work in office and administrative support (11.74%), healthcare suport services (9.46%), and healthcare (8.37%).
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Pleasant Hill - Converse is worth considering.
One downside of living in Pleasant Hill - Converse is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Pleasant Hill - Converse, the average commute to work is 32.59 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Pleasant Hill - Converse 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 rate of college-level education in Pleasant Hill - Converse is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.89% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Pleasant Hill - Converse in 2022 was $28,121, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,484 for a family of four. However, Pleasant Hill - Converse contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pleasant Hill - Converse is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pleasant Hill - Converse home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pleasant Hill - Converse residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pleasant Hill - Converse include English, German, Irish, French, and Czech.
The most common language spoken in Pleasant Hill - Converse is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.3% of all neighborhoods in America, with 43.0% 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, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 15 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Pleasant Hill - Converse is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in LA, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 87.4% of the neighborhoods in Louisiana. If you are considering retiring to Louisiana, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 12.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.
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 Pleasant Hill - Converse are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 31.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 33.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 23.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.2%), and 20.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.2%).
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 Pleasant Hill - Converse, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (12.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (7.9%), and residents who report German roots (6.1%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (4.4%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (4.3%), among others.
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 (34.2% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (82.0%) 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 (15.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.