With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Anacoco works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Anacoco; the top destination outside it is Leesville (26%, 9 miles). Anacoco has 44 jobs; 305 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 2% of workers, next to 8% for Louisiana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Anacoco
Anacoco is a place people come home to
There are 44 jobs based in Anacoco, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Anacoco has about 530 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 305 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Anacoco
On a workday 302 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Anacoco 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.
How many miles Anacoco commutes
About 34% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
The places Anacoco commutes to
Where Anacoco clocks in
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Anacoco
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Anacoco, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 44. 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 Anacoco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Anacoco: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Anacoco workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 372 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.
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 Anacoco: questions
What is the median household income in Anacoco?
$73,214 (±$10,973) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Anacoco?
13.2%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Anacoco?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Anacoco work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Leesville (26%, 9 mi), Baton Rouge (4%, 143 mi), Lake Charles (3%, 74 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Anacoco without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Anacoco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Anacoco
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.