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Jobs & commute in Bayou Corne

Bayou Corne has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Hardly any work in Bayou Corne; the top destination outside it is St. George (13%, 25 miles). Employers in Bayou Corne report 2 jobs; 16 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Louisiana as a whole has 8%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Bayou Corne by day and by night

On a workday 16 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

16live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night180
Workday170
180live here− 16head out to work+ 2come in to work= 170on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.13jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Bayou Corne ends

Donaldsonville: 1 residents work here (6%)Hammond: 1 residents work here (6%)Bossier City: 1 residents work here (6%)Baton Rouge: 1 residents work here (6%)St. George: 2 residents work here (13%)Bayou CorneMarrero: 1 residents work here (6%)Gray: 1 residents work here (6%)Metairie: 1 residents work here (6%)St. GeorgeDonaldsonvilleHammondBossier CityBaton RougeMarreroBayou Corne
1
St. George25.3 mi away
13%2
2
Donaldsonville11 mi away
6%1
3
Hammond53.7 mi away
6%1
4
Bossier City227.6 mi away
6%1
5
Baton Rouge29.4 mi away
6%1
6
Marrero63 mi away
6%1
7
Gray32.3 mi away
6%1
8
Metairie58.4 mi away
6%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%7
The top trips

Where Bayou Corne clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

What Bayou Corne’s employers do

Jobs based in Bayou CorneJobs Bayou Corne residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%31%
Trade, transport & utilities50%13%
Services: health, schools, offices50%56%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%38%
Over $3,333 a month0%50%

Who does it

29 or younger0%25%
30 to 540%63%
55 and older100%13%
−83%

Jobs based in Bayou Corne, 2014 → 2024: 12 → 2. 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bayou Corne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Bayou Corne

Working from home
0%

of Bayou Corne workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Bayou Corne gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 43 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

How far it is to work from Bayou Corne

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSt. George: 13% · 25.3 miDonaldsonville: 6% · 11 miHammond: 6% · 53.7 miBossier City: 6% · 227.6 miBaton Rouge: 6% · 29.4 miMarrero: 6% · 63 miGray: 6% · 32.3 miMetairie: 6% · 58.4 miSt. George 13%Donaldsonville 6%Hammond 6%Bossier City 6%Baton Rouge 6%Bayou Corne
Bayou CorneTop destinations (size = commuters)
6%Under 10 mi1 residents
25%10–24 mi4 residents
44%25–50 mi7 residents
25%Over 50 mi4 residents

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 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Bayou Corne: questions

What is the poverty rate in Bayou Corne?

0.0%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Bayou Corne work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. George (13%, 25 mi), Donaldsonville (6%, 11 mi), Hammond (6%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Bayou Corne without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Bayou Corne, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Bayou Corne

Bayou Corne home →

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.