Dodson is a tiny village located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 285 people and just one neighborhood, Dodson is the 306th largest community in Louisiana.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Dodson is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 47.90% of the Dodson workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Dodson is a village of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Dodson who work in teaching (16.81%), law enforcement and fire fighting (7.56%), and office and administrative support (6.72%).
The overall crime rate in Dodson is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
Dodson is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Dodson with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.79% of adults in Dodson have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Dodson in 2022 was $19,984, which is lower middle income relative to Louisiana, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $79,936 for a family of four.
Dodson is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Dodson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dodson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dodson include German, Irish, English, Slovak, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Dodson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 7 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.7% of America.
In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.0% of all neighborhoods in America, with 36.7% 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.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Dodson 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 89.0% of the neighborhoods in Louisiana. If you are considering retiring to Louisiana, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Dodson are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
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 executive, management, and professional occupations, with 33.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.7%), and 11.6% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.5% of households.
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 Dodson, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (14.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.5%), and residents who report German roots (10.0%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (5.7%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (3.2%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.3%) 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 (17.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.