Vacherie is a somewhat small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 5,773 people and two associated neighborhoods, Vacherie is the 78th largest community in Louisiana.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Vacherie is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.19% of the Vacherie workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Vacherie is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vacherie who work in sales jobs (10.26%), teaching (9.10%), and healthcare (9.07%). And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Vacherie has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. Also of interest is that Vacherie has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Vacherie telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.36% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. 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, Vacherie has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Vacherie a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.The population of Vacherie 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 Vacherie, 24.58% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Vacherie in 2022 was $35,690, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,760 for a family of four. However, Vacherie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Vacherie is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Vacherie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vacherie residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Vacherie include French, German, English, Acadian/Cajun, and French Canadian. The most common language spoken in Vacherie is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
