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Chataignier is a tiny village located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 259 people and just one neighborhood, Chataignier is the 312th largest community in Louisiana.
Occupations and Workforce
When you are in Chataignier, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 44.06% of Chataignier’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Chataignier is a village of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chataignier who work in healthcare (15.38%), sales jobs (12.59%), and teaching (12.59%).
There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Chataignier, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.
Another important characteristic of Chataignier is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.
A relatively large number of people in Chataignier telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.44% 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.
Setting & Lifestyle
Chataignier, even though it is a small village, has many people who use public transportation every day to get to and from work. This is a great benefit for people in the, village who have a need for low-cost transportation.
Demographics
In terms of college education, the citizens of Chataignier rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.51% of adults 25 and older in Chataignier have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Chataignier in 2022 was $25,714, 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 $102,856 for a family of four. However, Chataignier contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Chataignier is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Chataignier home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chataignier residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Chataignier also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.00% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Chataignier include French, French Canadian, Italian, German, and European.
The most common language spoken in Chataignier is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Chataignier, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 28.0% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 22.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak French at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
The Neighbors
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 Chataignier are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 92.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.8% 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, 34.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 24.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.1%), and 17.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 77.3% of households. Some people also speak French (22.2%).
Ethnicity / Ancestry
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Chataignier, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (28.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (2.7%), and residents who report English roots (2.1%), and some of the residents are also of French Canadian ancestry (1.7%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (1.4%), among others.
Getting to Work
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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (51.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (86.5%) 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 (8.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
