Bourg has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
For jobs and income Bourg is better than 45% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (C). 258 jobs are based in Bourg; 931 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Bourg itself; outside it, Bayou Cane draws the most (13%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bourg, in a few figures
Bourg is a place people come home to
There are 258 jobs based in Bourg, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bourg has about 1,600 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Bourg than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Bourg fell from 365 in 2013 to 258 in 2023, −29%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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; with 931 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Bourg
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Bourg’s grade.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bourg could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Who leaves Bourg for work, and who comes in
On a workday 913 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 240 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Bourg on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
A place that makes things: 30% of Bourg’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bourg, 2013 → 2023: 365 → 258. 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 Bourg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from Bourg work
Where Bourg clocks in
3% 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.
About 25 minutes each way for Bourg’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bourg workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 954 commuters (the 4% 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.
The commute from Bourg, by distance
About 17% 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.
Driving is how Bourg gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 998 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). 3.9% of Bourg households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Bourg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000, Bourg ranks 2,449th of 5,102 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 263 | Montz LA | 2,074 | $92K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 403 | Des Allemands LA | 2,382 | $88K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,447 | Tyrone Township PA | 1,814 | $92K | 13.2% | 0.9% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,448 | Wilmington Township PA | 2,642 | $73K | 9.8% | 5.4% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,449 | Bourg LA | 2,239 | $69K | 10.4% | 4.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,450 | North Spearfish SD | 1,858 | $77K | 23.2% | 0.0% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,451 | Woodstock AL | 1,653 | $73K | 14.1% | 7.3% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Bourg, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
The towns around Bourg
The biggest share goes to Presquille (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bourg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg | – | C+ | C | 25 min | $69,094 |
| Presquille | 1% | A | D | 22 min | $112,000 |
| Bayou Blue | under 2% | C− | C− | 31 min | $63,958 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bourg’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 Bourg: questions
What is the median household income in Bourg?
$69,094 (±$8,867) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bourg?
10.4%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bourg?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bourg work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bayou Cane (13%, 9 mi), Gray (3%, 13 mi), New Orleans (3%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bourg walkable?
Bourg is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bourg without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bourg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bourg
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.