Loranger is a medium-sized town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 12,453 people and two associated neighborhoods, Loranger is the 37th largest community in Louisiana. Loranger has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Loranger, where the median household income is $90,037.00.
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, Loranger has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Loranger a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Loranger, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.28 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Loranger does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Loranger citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.45% of adults in Loranger have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Loranger in 2022 was $45,132, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $180,528 for a family of four. However, Loranger contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Loranger home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Loranger residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Loranger include English, French, Irish, Italian, and German.
The most common language spoken in Loranger is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.