Because of many things, Zachary is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Zachary really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Zachary perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
One downside of living in Zachary is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Zachary, the average commute to work is 30.53 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small city, Zachary does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Zachary is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 38.04% of adults in Zachary have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Zachary in 2022 was $39,607, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $158,428 for a family of four. However, Zachary contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Zachary is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Zachary home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Zachary residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Zachary include English, Irish, German, French, and European.
The most common language spoken in Zachary is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Spanish.
