About Reeves

Reeves is a tiny town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 772 people and just one neighborhood, Reeves is the 265th largest community in Louisiana.

Reeves is a blue-collar town, with 35.8% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Reeves is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Reeves who work in personal care services (10.93%), office and administrative support jobs (10.60%), and food service (10.26%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.41% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

One downside of living in Reeves is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Reeves, the average commute to work is 33.45 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Reeves is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Reeves, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.09% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

As is often the case in a small town, Reeves doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Reeves Information and Demographics

The population of Reeves has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.58% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Reeves in 2000 was $12,033, 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 $48,132 for a family of four.

The people who call Reeves home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Reeves is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Reeves include French Canadian, French, English, German, Scotch-Irish, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Reeves is English. Some people also speak French.