Grayson - Clarks is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 4,532 people and just one neighborhood, Grayson - Clarks is the 99th largest community in Louisiana.
Grayson - Clarks is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Grayson - Clarks is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grayson - Clarks who work in healthcare (12.25%), office and administrative support (9.23%), and sales jobs (9.14%).
Of important note, Grayson - Clarks is also a town of artists. Grayson - Clarks has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Grayson - Clarks’s character.
As is often the case in a small town, Grayson - Clarks doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Grayson - Clarks rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.19% of adults 25 and older in Grayson - Clarks have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Grayson - Clarks in 2022 was $32,007, 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 $128,028 for a family of four. However, Grayson - Clarks contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Grayson - Clarks is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Grayson - Clarks home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grayson - Clarks residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Grayson - Clarks include Irish, German, English, French, and European.
The most common language spoken in Grayson - Clarks is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Thai.
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 Grayson - Clarks, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Of particular note, 13.6% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.3% of all neighborhoods in America, with 43.6% 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 38 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 96.0% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Furthermore, the neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 95.9% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 89.7% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.9% of all American neighborhoods.
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 Grayson - Clarks are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 47.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 15.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 60.4% 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, 34.9% 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 28.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.0%), and 14.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households.
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 Grayson - Clarks, LA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (13.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.3%), and residents who report English roots (4.8%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (4.1%).
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (89.7%) 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 (9.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.