It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Galliano 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. Galliano has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Galliano than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Galliano may be for you.
Galliano is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
In Galliano, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.86 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Galliano does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Galliano has a very low overall level of education: only 7.43% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Galliano in 2022 was $31,940, which is upper middle income relative to Louisiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,760 for a family of four. However, Galliano contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Galliano is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Galliano home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Galliano residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Galliano also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.11% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Galliano include French, French Canadian, English, Italian, and German.
The most common language spoken in Galliano is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
