Bank of Addis · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 3.0Addis has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Addis is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns. There are 643 jobs in Addis, and 3,164 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Addis is better than 96% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Addis
Addis is a place people come home to
There are 643 jobs based in Addis, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Addis has about 5,200 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Addis and Baton Rouge trade workers both ways
Baton Rouge is the top workplace for Addis residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Addis come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Addis workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 8% across Louisiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The four measures behind Addis’ grade
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Addis’ grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Addis could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Addis quiets down on a workday
On a workday 3,110 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 589 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,200 people are in Addis on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
26% of working residents work in Baton Rouge
Where Addis clocks in
26% of workers
4% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Getting to work from Addis takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Addis workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,115 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Louisiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Addis works in goods: 29% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Addis, 2013 → 2023: 607 → 643. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Addis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Addis goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Addis start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,215 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Addis households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Addis’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Addis ranks: 182nd of 3,051 U.S. towns of 5,400 to 10,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 180 | Tewksbury Township NJ | 5,925 | $193K | 3.1% | 2.9% | 6% | A+ |
| 181 | Edgewood KY | 8,503 | $119K | 3.8% | 2.4% | 7% | A+ |
| 182 | Addis LA | 7,679 | $108K | 3.2% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 183 | Bronxville NY | 6,504 | $216K | 4.6% | 3.8% | 6% | A+ |
| 184 | Conshohocken PA | 9,266 | $123K | 4.2% | 3.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 952 | Harahan LA | 8,916 | $80K | 7.5% | 3.8% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 989 | Elmwood LA | 6,077 | $89K | 7.7% | 4.8% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,232 | Red Chute LA | 6,526 | $86K | 7.5% | 4.1% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,051 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Addis, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Addis: questions
What is the median household income in Addis?
$108,041 (±$4,714) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Addis?
3.2%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Addis?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Addis work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baton Rouge (26%, 9 mi), Port Allen (4%, 6 mi), New Orleans (3%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Addis walkable?
Addis is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Addis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Addis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Addis
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.