One of the benefits of Plaquemine is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.97 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Plaquemine does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Plaquemine are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.63% of adults in Plaquemine have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Plaquemine in 2022 was $33,377, which is upper middle income relative to Louisiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,508 for a family of four. However, Plaquemine contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Plaquemine is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Plaquemine home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Plaquemine residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Plaquemine include French, Irish, German, African, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Plaquemine is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
