Castor is a tiny village located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 220 people and just one neighborhood, Castor is the 319th largest community in Louisiana.
Castor is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Castor is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Castor who work in office and administrative support (31.63%), personal care services (9.18%), and healthcare suport services (6.12%).
Castor’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Castor has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Castor has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Castor than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Castor may be for you.
In Castor, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.36 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Castor is a small village, 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 Castor citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.28% of adults in Castor have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Castor in 2022 was $16,727, which is low income relative to Louisiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,908 for a family of four. Castor also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.53% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Castor is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Castor home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Castor residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Castor include Irish, Italian, German, Eastern European, and English.
The most common language spoken in Castor is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
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.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.6% of all neighborhoods in America, with 45.8% 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.
In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 16 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 90.0% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.4% of all American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 24.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish 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 Castor are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 92.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 41.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 89.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 37.3% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.2%), and 17.0% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.2% of households.
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 Castor, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (24.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (4.4%), and residents who report German roots (4.0%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.2%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.3%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.4% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (90.0%) 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 (5.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.