Estherwood - Morse is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 3,103 people and just one neighborhood, Estherwood - Morse is the 133rd largest community in Louisiana.
When you are in Estherwood - Morse, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.74% of Estherwood - Morse’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Estherwood - Morse is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Estherwood - Morse who work in office and administrative support (19.32%), computer science and math (8.34%), and sales jobs (7.60%).
Also of interest is that Estherwood - Morse has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
As is often the case in a small town, Estherwood - Morse doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Estherwood - Morse, just 12.72% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Estherwood - Morse in 2022 was $25,606, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,424 for a family of four. However, Estherwood - Morse contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Estherwood - Morse home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Estherwood - Morse residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Estherwood - Morse include French, French Canadian, English, German, and Acadian/Cajun.
The most common language spoken in Estherwood - Morse is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Italian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Estherwood - Morse, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 39 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
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, 15.3% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 19.8% have French ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 9.6% 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 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Estherwood - Morse are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 31.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.6% 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, 37.7% 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 24.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.3%), and 17.7% 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 90.3% of households. Some people also speak French (9.6%).
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 Estherwood - Morse, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (19.8%). There are also a number of people of French Canadian ancestry (15.3%), and residents who report English roots (10.5%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (5.6%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (2.5%), 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 (50.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.0%) 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 (6.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.