Household incomes put Bawcomville near the very bottom of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Bawcomville is among the lowest-earning towns in the country. The poverty rate is 47.3%, where Louisiana as a whole has 18.9%. Bawcomville grades C− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Bawcomville, in brief
Bawcomville is a place people come home to
There are 210 jobs based in Bawcomville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bawcomville has about 2,000 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bawcomville and Monroe trade workers both ways
Monroe is the top workplace for Bawcomville residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Bawcomville come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Bawcomville residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Fewer than half of Bawcomville workers earn over $40,000 a year
42% of Bawcomville’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 19% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Few Bawcomville workers work from home
Only 0% 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.
Income, poverty and work: Bawcomville’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bawcomville is better than 18% of U.S. towns, #108 of 161 in Louisiana. Job access by car holds Bawcomville’s grade up (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($24,929, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bawcomville could be anywhere from D to C+.
The daily flow of workers through Bawcomville
On a workday 1,019 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 203 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Bawcomville on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.20 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.
28% of working residents work in Monroe
Where Bawcomville clocks in
28% of workers
20% 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.
How far it is to work from Bawcomville
About 25% 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.
43% of the jobs in Bawcomville make or build things
210 jobs are based in Bawcomville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bawcomville, 2013 → 2023: 224 → 210. 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 Bawcomville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Bawcomville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bawcomville workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,163 commuters (the <1% 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.
Driving is how Bawcomville gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bawcomville is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #89 of 161 in Louisiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Louisiana, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,168 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). 9.5% of Bawcomville households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bawcomville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bawcomville is 3,788th among 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 264 | Hahnville LA | 3,520 | $101K | 6.7% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 277 | Montz LA | 2,074 | $92K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 441 | Des Allemands LA | 2,382 | $88K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,786 | Salem NY | 2,595 | $83K | 17.6% | 6.4% | 19% | C− |
| 3,787 | Old Stine CA | 3,760 | $54K | 26.0% | 12.5% | <1% | C− |
| 3,788 | Bawcomville LA | 2,804 | $25K | 47.3% | 4.9% | 1% | C− |
| 3,789 | Sumner IA | 2,022 | $59K | 13.6% | 2.9% | 22% | C− |
| 3,790 | Pagedale MO | 2,511 | $31K | 26.1% | 11.0% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Bawcomville, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
Bawcomville and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Brownsville (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bawcomville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bawcomville | – | C− | B− | 24 min | $24,929 |
| Brownsville | 4% | D | B | 14 min | $35,526 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bawcomville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Bawcomville: questions
What is the median household income in Bawcomville?
$24,929 (±$16,939) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bawcomville?
47.3%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bawcomville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bawcomville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monroe (28%, 7 mi), West Monroe (20%, 3 mi), Brownsville (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bawcomville walkable?
Bawcomville is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bawcomville without a car?
0% 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 Bawcomville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bawcomville
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.