Paincourtville is a tiny town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 857 people and just one neighborhood, Paincourtville is the 252nd largest community in Louisiana.
Unlike some towns, Paincourtville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Paincourtville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Paincourtville is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Paincourtville who work in sales jobs (31.25%), office and administrative support (24.01%), and personal care services (8.24%).
Paincourtville 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 Paincourtville, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 98.44% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.
Being a small town, Paincourtville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Paincourtville overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Paincourtville, 22.18% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Paincourtville in 2022 was $24,012, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,048 for a family of four. However, Paincourtville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Paincourtville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Paincourtville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Paincourtville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Paincourtville include French, Irish, French Canadian, German, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Paincourtville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Vietnamese and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.5% of all neighborhoods in America, with 38.9% 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 Canadian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.0% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 8.7% have French ancestry.
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 Paincourtville are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.2% 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 52.7% 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, 26.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 26.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.2%), and 21.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.3% of households. Some people also speak Vietnamese (2.1%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Paincourtville, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (8.7%). There are also a number of people of French Canadian ancestry (5.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.2%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.1%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (1.9%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (83.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (13.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.