Boutte has lower household incomes than 61% of U.S. towns
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Louisiana as a whole has 8%. 11.1% of residents live below the poverty line, against 18.9% across Louisiana. The two grades for Boutte are B 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
What stands out about work in Boutte
Boutte trades workers with the towns around it
Boutte has about as many jobs (1,129) as working residents (1,255), but they are mostly different people: 1,230 residents leave for work each day while 1,104 people come in. Only 2% of the jobs in Boutte are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Boutte
58% of Boutte residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 33% of the jobs based in Boutte pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Boutte than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Boutte fell from 1,664 in 2013 to 1,129 in 2023, −32%. 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 ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
42% of the jobs in Boutte are in trade, transport and utilities, against 22% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Few Boutte 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: Boutte’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Boutte is better than 56% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Boutte’s grade up (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($68,220, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (13.0%) is left out: Boutte’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Boutte could be anywhere from C− to A+.
In and out of Boutte on a workday
On a workday 1,230 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 1,104 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 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.
What work there is in Boutte: 1,129 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boutte, 2013 → 2023: 1,664 → 1,129. 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 Boutte’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Boutte
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boutte workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 734 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.
15% of working residents work in Luling
Where Boutte clocks in
12% of workers
8% 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 Boutte
About 16% 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 Boutte gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Boutte is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Louisiana, on an EPA index of 6.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 734 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). 10.6% of Boutte households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Boutte’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700, Boutte ranks 1,911th of 5,509 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 266 | Montz LA | 2,074 | $92K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 416 | Des Allemands LA | 2,382 | $88K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,909 | Caton NY | 2,023 | $111K | 5.0% | 7.6% | 1% | B |
| 1,910 | Keene Township OH | 1,703 | $73K | 3.8% | 14.6% | <1% | B |
| 1,911 | Boutte LA | 2,027 | $68K | 11.1% | 13.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,912 | Hopewell TN | 2,634 | $88K | 18.7% | 3.3% | 1% | B |
| 1,913 | Jackson Township IN | 1,989 | $85K | 12.6% | 1.6% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | 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 Boutte, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
Work next door: 15% of Boutte’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Boutte workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boutte | – | B | B+ | 28 min | $68,220 |
| Luling | 15% | B− | C | 24 min | $76,539 |
| Bayou Gauche | under 2% | A+ | D− | 24 min | $162,951 |
| Paradis | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Paradis: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Luling. Darker towns draw more of Boutte’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 Boutte: questions
What is the median household income in Boutte?
$68,220 (±$44,333) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boutte?
11.1%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boutte?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boutte work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Luling (15%, 2 mi), New Orleans (12%, 30 mi), Metairie (8%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Boutte walkable?
Boutte is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Boutte without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Boutte, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boutte
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.