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.Vacherie is a blue-collar town, with 37.19% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.36% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. 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!) Vacherie 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. Vacherie has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Vacherie than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Vacherie may be for you.The education level of Vacherie citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.58% of adults in Vacherie 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.
