Robin House and Barn · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Arnaudville
Only 3% work in Arnaudville; the top destination outside it is Lafayette (17%, 15 miles). Commuters spend 15 minutes getting to work on average; the Louisiana average is 26, the U.S. 26. 311 jobs are based in Arnaudville, against 415 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Arnaudville, in brief
About 15 minutes each way, quicker than most of Louisiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arnaudville workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 367 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.
A workday in Arnaudville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 402 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 298 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Arnaudville on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.75 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Arnaudville to work: where people go
Where Arnaudville clocks in
17% of workers
14% of workers
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.
In Arnaudville, 33% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arnaudville, 2013 → 2023: 302 → 311. 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 Arnaudville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Arnaudville commutes
About 23% 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.
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 Arnaudville: questions
What is the median household income in Arnaudville?
$16,111 (±$15,769) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arnaudville?
67.1%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arnaudville?
15 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arnaudville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (17%, 15 mi), Opelousas (14%, 12 mi), Baton Rouge (4%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Arnaudville without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arnaudville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arnaudville
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.