Belle Rose is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 1,698 people and just one neighborhood, Belle Rose is the 192nd largest community in Louisiana.
Belle Rose real estate is some of the most expensive in Louisiana, although Belle Rose house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some towns, Belle Rose isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Belle Rose are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Belle Rose is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Belle Rose who work in office and administrative support (24.93%), management occupations (14.02%), and healthcare (8.37%).
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Belle Rose is worth considering.
Belle Rose is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Belle Rose citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.65% of adults 25 and older in Belle Rose have a college degree.
The per capita income in Belle Rose in 2022 was $37,352, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $149,408 for a family of four. However, Belle Rose contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Belle Rose is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Belle Rose home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Belle Rose residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Belle Rose include French, Irish, Italian, German, and English.
The most common language spoken in Belle Rose is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 94.7% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.4% of all American neighborhoods.
Astoundingly, the neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of divorcees living here than of any neighborhood, a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. This may be because people living here divorce more often than others, or that divorced people move here after they become divorced. If you are divorced, you will be in good company in this particular Belle Rose neighborhood.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.2% of all neighborhoods in America, with 37.6% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 13.7% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 4.9% have French Canadian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak French at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Belle Rose are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 9.1% 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 53.0% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 32.2% 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 32.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (22.1%), and 13.7% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.0% of households. Some people also speak French (3.5%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Belle Rose, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (13.7%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (7.5%), and residents who report African roots (7.5%), and some of the residents are also of French Canadian ancestry (4.9%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (4.1%), among others.
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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (94.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.