Most of Branch commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
For 25% of workers, the job is at home; Louisiana has 8%. Employers in Branch report 69 jobs; 223 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Branch itself; outside it, Lafayette draws the most (25%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Branch
Working from home in Branch
of Branch workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 commuters (the 25% 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.
Who commutes out of Branch, and who commutes in
On a workday 218 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Branch on a workday afternoon, 57% 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.
Where Branch’s working residents head each day
Where Branch clocks in
25% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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.
Goods jobs make up 57% of work in Branch
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Branch, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 69. 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 Branch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Branch
About 21% 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.
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 Branch: questions
What is the poverty rate in Branch?
43.9%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Branch work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (25%, 18 mi), Crowley (9%, 10 mi), Rayne (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Branch without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Branch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Branch
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.