Overview Gueydan is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 1,125 people and just one neighborhood, Gueydan is the 223rd largest community in Louisiana. Occupations and Workforce Gueydan is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Gueydan is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gueydan who work in sales jobs (15.91%), management occupations (12.88%), and office and administrative support (10.61%). Setting & Lifestyle 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!) Gueydan 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. Gueydan has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gueydan than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gueydan may be for you. Gueydan is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day. Gueydan Demographics The rate of college-level education in Gueydan is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.62% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Gueydan in 2022 was $24,250, which is lower middle income relative to Louisiana, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,000 for a family of four. However, Gueydan contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gueydan also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.35% of its population below the federal poverty line. Gueydan is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gueydan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gueydan residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gueydan include French, Acadian/Cajun, Irish, French Canadian, and German. The most common language spoken in Gueydan is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Italian.