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Bonita, LA

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Overview


Bonita is a tiny village located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 161 people and just one neighborhood, Bonita is the 326th largest community in Louisiana.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Bonita is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.48% of the Bonita workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Bonita is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Bonita who work in healthcare suport services (21.24%), office and administrative support (13.27%), and farm management occupations (7.96%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Bonita’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

Residents will find that the village 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, Bonita is worth considering.

One downside of living in Bonita is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Bonita, the average commute to work is 30.76 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

Bonita ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.07% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Bonita in 2022 was $20,338, 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 $81,352 for a family of four. However, Bonita contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bonita also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.86% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Bonita is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Bonita home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bonita residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Bonita include Irish, African, English, European, and Yugoslavian.

The most common language spoken in Bonita is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 5 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.2% of America.

In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.6% of all neighborhoods in America, with 38.8% 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.

People

One of the unique characteristics of the neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 97.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, if you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 5.5% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Louisiana, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Louisiana.

Occupations

It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 4.6% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 96.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more British ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.0% of this neighborhood's residents have British ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Bonita are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 97.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 33.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.0% of U.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, 34.7% 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 25.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.1%), and 10.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.2%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Bonita, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (12.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.0%), and residents who report Scottish roots (3.2%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.9%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (27.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (87.3%) 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 (11.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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