Holden is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 3,362 people and just one neighborhood, Holden is the 128th largest community in Louisiana. Holden has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Holden, where the median household income is $67,601.00.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Holden is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Holden is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Holden who work in office and administrative support (15.92%), management occupations (15.46%), and healthcare (9.27%).
One downside of living in Holden, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.38 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Holden does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Holden is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.04% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Holden in 2022 was $29,654, 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 $118,616 for a family of four. However, Holden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Holden is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Holden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Holden residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Holden also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.39% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Holden include French, English, German, Hungarian, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Holden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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.
Our research reveals that 92.1% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 98.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.9% of all neighborhoods in America, with 36.0% 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 Hungarian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Hungarian ancestry and 10.5% have French ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Holden are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 56.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 41.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 21.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.2%), and 17.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Holden, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (10.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.1%), and residents who report German roots (8.1%), and some of the residents are also of Hungarian ancestry (7.5%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (6.7%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (92.1%) 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.