Overview Hessmer is a tiny village located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 742 people and just one neighborhood, Hessmer is the 258th largest community in Louisiana. Occupations and Workforce Unlike some villages, Hessmer isn鈥檛 mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Hessmer are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hessmer is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Hessmer who work in office and administrative support (10.88%), maintenance occupations (9.84%), and management occupations (7.51%). A relatively large number of people in Hessmer telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.38% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Setting & Lifestyle It is a fairly quiet village 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!) Hessmer 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. Hessmer has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hessmer than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hessmer may be for you. Being a small village, Hessmer does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work. Hessmer Demographics The rate of college-level education in Hessmer is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.71% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Hessmer in 2022 was $29,558, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,232 for a family of four. However, Hessmer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hessmer is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Hessmer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hessmer residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Hessmer also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.05% of the village鈥檚 residents. Important ancestries of people in Hessmer include French, English, Irish, German, and French Canadian. The most common language spoken in Hessmer is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.