About Sun

Sun is a tiny coastal village (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 458 people and just one neighborhood, Sun is the 278th largest community in Louisiana.

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Sun is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sun is a village of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Sun who work in sales jobs (17.79%), office and administrative support jobs (12.27%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (5.52%).

The village is also nautical, which means that parts of Sun are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One downside of living in Sun is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Sun, the average commute to work is 43.59 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

Sun is very much a car-oriented village. This is because the population of Sun isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.5% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

In Sun, a lot of people use taxis to get to work every day even though Sun is a relatively small village. Those that ride taxis are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Sun Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Sun rank slightly lower than the national average. 12.50% of adults 25 and older in Sun have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 14.96% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Sun in 2000 was $12,391, 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 $49,564 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Sun is English.