Reserve is a somewhat small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 8,541 people and two associated neighborhoods, Reserve is the 58th largest community in Louisiana.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Reserve is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.72% of the Reserve workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Reserve is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Reserve who work in sales jobs (10.69%), healthcare suport services (10.51%), and office and administrative support (10.11%). 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!) Reserve 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. Reserve has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Reserve than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Reserve may be for you.The percentage of people in Reserve with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.02% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Reserve in 2022 was $24,882, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,528 for a family of four. However, Reserve contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Reserve is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Reserve home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Reserve residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Reserve include French, German, English, Italian, and French Canadian. The most common language spoken in Reserve is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
