Lacombe is a somewhat small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 8,657 people and three associated neighborhoods, Lacombe is the 56th largest community in Louisiana. Lacombe real estate is some of the most expensive in Louisiana, although Lacombe house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Lacombe is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lacombe is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lacombe who work in office and administrative support (12.19%), teaching (10.10%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (7.49%). Also of interest is that Lacombe has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Because of many things, Lacombe is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Lacombe really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Lacombe perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Lacombe has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lacombe a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Lacombe, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.37 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Lacombe doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of people in Lacombe who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.71% of adults in Lacombe have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Lacombe in 2022 was $35,664, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,656 for a family of four. However, Lacombe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lacombe is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lacombe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lacombe residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lacombe include German, French, Italian, Irish, and English. The most common language spoken in Lacombe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
