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Powhatan, LA

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Overview


Powhatan is a tiny village located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 99 people and just one neighborhood, Powhatan is the 332nd largest community in Louisiana.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Powhatan is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 70.00% of the Powhatan workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Powhatan is a village of construction workers and builders, transportation and shipping workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Powhatan who work in management occupations (30.00%), office and administrative support (0.00%), and sales jobs (0.00%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Powhatan’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

Residents will find that the village is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Powhatan is worth considering.

In Powhatan, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 42.75 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Powhatan 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.

Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Powhatan rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.29% of adults 25 and older in Powhatan 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 Powhatan in 2022 was $23,804, 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 $95,216 for a family of four. However, Powhatan contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Powhatan is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Powhatan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Powhatan residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Powhatan include French, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander.

The most common language spoken in Powhatan is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other Asian languages and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.6% of all neighborhoods in America, with 34.4% 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.

In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 20 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 94.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 7.6% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Louisiana, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Louisiana.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.4% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 1.9% have Native American ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Powhatan are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 10.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 36.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 29.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (18.3%), and 15.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Powhatan, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.5%), and residents who report French roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.5%), along with some German ancestry residents (4.3%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.8% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (83.9%) 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 (14.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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