Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY-SA 3.0Belle Chasse’s household incomes are higher than in 86% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 6.1% of residents, next to 18.9% across Louisiana. Belle Chasse grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in seven work in Belle Chasse itself; outside it, New Orleans draws the most (21%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Belle Chasse, in a few figures
Belle Chasse and New Orleans trade workers both ways
New Orleans is the top workplace for Belle Chasse residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Belle Chasse come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Belle Chasse pay over $40,000 a year
72% of the jobs based in Belle Chasse pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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 Belle Chasse’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Belle Chasse is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #4 of 161 in Louisiana. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Belle Chasse’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Belle Chasse could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Where people from Belle Chasse work
Where Belle Chasse clocks in
21% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Belle Chasse works in goods: 30% of its jobs
6,400 jobs are based in Belle Chasse.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belle Chasse, 2013 → 2023: 6,436 → 6,400. 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 Belle Chasse’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Belle Chasse
On a workday 3,778 residents head out to work, 722 work right here, and 5,678 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Belle Chasse on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Belle Chasse: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belle Chasse workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,371 commuters (the 5% 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 many miles Belle Chasse commutes
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 Belle Chasse start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Belle Chasse is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns, #104 of 161 in Louisiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Louisiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,635 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). 0.9% of Belle Chasse households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Belle Chasse’s commuters take a bus or train.
Belle Chasse next to U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000: 337th of 2,507 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 335 | Olmsted Township OH | 14,538 | $96K | 5.8% | 1.8% | 4% | A |
| 336 | Sheboygan WI | 8,615 | $96K | 2.8% | 1.9% | 4% | A |
| 337 | Belle Chasse LA | 10,934 | $115K | 6.1% | 2.5% | 16% | A |
| 338 | Oakland NJ | 12,837 | $162K | 3.1% | 5.4% | 7% | A |
| 339 | Cedar Creek Township IN | 14,290 | $112K | 4.0% | 2.5% | 8% | A |
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| 704 | Mandeville LA | 12,918 | $94K | 7.1% | 2.9% | 16% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 820 | Moss Bluff LA | 12,482 | $92K | 8.9% | 1.1% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 903 | River Ridge LA | 13,312 | $84K | 9.7% | 3.3% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Belle Chasse, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
The towns around Belle Chasse
The biggest share goes to Terrytown (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Belle Chasse workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Chasse | – | A | C+ | 26 min | $115,012 |
| New Orleans Station | under 3% | B− | A− | 19 min | $59,474 |
| Terrytown | 2% | C | B+ | 27 min | $51,718 |
| Timberlane | under 3% | C | B+ | 23 min | $65,901 |
| Woodmere | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 29 min | $75,828 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Belle Chasse’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 Belle Chasse: questions
What is the median household income in Belle Chasse?
$115,012 (±$17,713) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belle Chasse?
6.1%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belle Chasse?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belle Chasse work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Orleans (21%, 14 mi), Metairie (7%, 14 mi), Port Sulphur (6%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Belle Chasse walkable?
Belle Chasse is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Belle Chasse without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Belle Chasse, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belle Chasse
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.