Because of many things, Belle Chasse is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Belle Chasse really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Belle Chasse perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Belle Chasse is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
Being a small town, Belle Chasse does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Belle Chasse is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.05% of adults in Belle Chasse have a college degree.
The per capita income in Belle Chasse in 2022 was $41,819, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $167,276 for a family of four.
Belle Chasse is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Belle Chasse home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Belle Chasse residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Belle Chasse include French, German, Italian, Irish, and Croatian.
The most common language spoken in Belle Chasse is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
