Pineville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 14,109 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Pineville is the 30th largest community in Louisiana.Pineville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pineville is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pineville who work in sales jobs (12.96%), food service (11.87%), and healthcare (10.34%). Pineville is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Pineville, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.In addition, Pineville is a college town. There are a lot of students in Pineville attending college, and as a result Pineville provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students. One of the benefits of Pineville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.40 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.The citizens of Pineville are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.77% of adults in Pineville having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Pineville in 2022 was $30,824, 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 $123,296 for a family of four. However, Pineville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pineville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pineville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pineville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pineville include French, Irish, English, German, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Pineville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
