Central: 3rd Richest City

The City of Central is now the 3rd richest city in Louisiana, based on a national survey of cities conducted by a media firm. The survey evaluates cities based on three factors found in Census data — household income, unemployment rate, and poverty level.

Central (pop. 28,017) did well in the survey based on its median household income of $70,618, unemployment rate of 3.7 percent, and poverty rate of 6.0 percent.

The wealthiest city in Louisiana is Youngsville (pop.10,878) with household income of $94,564 unemployment at 3.9 percent and poverty at 5.5 percent.

No. 2 was Zachary (pop. 16,154) with median income of $75,472, unemployment at 3.2 percent and poverty at 8.8 percent.

Harahan (pop. 9,321) was No. 4 with median household income of $59,397, unemployment at 2.1 percent, and poverty at 8.9 percent.

Baton Rouge was the 30th richest city in Louisiana with median household income of $39,969.

Financial advisor Ian James reports 350 clients in Central with net worth of $1.5 million or more. All are retirees from Exxon.

Source: www. homesnacks.com

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