Natchez is a tiny village located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 484 people and just one neighborhood, Natchez is the 290th largest community in Louisiana.
Natchez real estate is some of the most expensive in Louisiana, although Natchez house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some villages, Natchez isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Natchez are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Natchez is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Natchez who work in office and administrative support (45.08%), food service (17.21%), and healthcare suport services (4.92%).
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!) Natchez 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. Natchez has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Natchez than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Natchez may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Natchez spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.00 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the village are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small village, Natchez does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Natchez has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 1.02% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Natchez in 2022 was $18,377, which is low income relative to Louisiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $73,508 for a family of four. Natchez also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 42.99% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Natchez home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Natchez residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Natchez include African, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander.
The most common language spoken in Natchez is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish 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 97.8% of all neighborhoods in America, with 40.3% 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 ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.7% of this neighborhood's residents 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 Natchez are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 69.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.5% 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, 37.4% 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 24.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.9%), and 14.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.2%).
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 Natchez, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (10.0%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (7.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.3%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (2.9%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (1.5%), 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 (48.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (77.5%) 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 (12.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.