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St. Gabriel, LA

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Overview


St. Gabriel is a somewhat small city located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 6,613 people and just one neighborhood, St. Gabriel is the 72nd largest community in Louisiana. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in St. Gabriel, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to St. Gabriel, and putting down their money on brand new construction. St. Gabriel’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. St. Gabriel does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $55,735.00.

St. Gabriel real estate is some of the most expensive in Louisiana, although St. Gabriel house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, St. Gabriel isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in St. Gabriel are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, St. Gabriel is a city of managers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Gabriel who work in management occupations (23.84%), office and administrative support (8.98%), and healthcare suport services (7.52%).

There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in St. Gabriel, 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.

A relatively large number of people in St. Gabriel telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.50% 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

Being a small city, St. Gabriel does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

In terms of college education, St. Gabriel is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.94% of adults 25 and older in St. Gabriel have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in St. Gabriel in 2018 was $20,644, 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 $82,576 for a family of four. However, St. Gabriel contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

St. Gabriel is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call St. Gabriel home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Gabriel residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in St. Gabriel include German, Irish, Italian, French Canadian, and French.

The most common language spoken in St. Gabriel is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

An interesting characteristic about the neighborhood is that there are more incarcerated people living here than 99.3% of neighborhoods in the U.S. The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, currently with 1 out of every 100 adults in the country are incarcerated as a punishment for crimes committed. The extremely high incarceration rate of this neighborhood could mean that a prison, juvenile detention facility or other correctional facility occupies a large proportion of the neighborhood, or contains a large portion of the neighborhood's population.

Occupations

The neighborhood stands out nationally for having a greater proportion of its residents active in the military than 96.8% of other U.S. neighborhoods. If you come here, you will notice military people active in their jobs, going to and from work, and in plain clothes out and about the neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.9% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian 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 St. Gabriel are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.8% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 51.2% of America'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, 44.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 18.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (18.2%), and 17.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

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 89.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in St. Gabriel, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (7.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (5.3%), and residents who report Italian roots (4.6%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (3.5%), along with some English ancestry residents (3.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (80.2%) 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 (11.5%) . 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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