Photo: Chris Litherland · CC BY-SA 3.0Broussard has 2.1 jobs for every working resident: 11,983 people commute in to work
Broussard has 12,686 jobs, against 5,924 working residents. For jobs and income Broussard is better than 71% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (B+). Measured by household income, Broussard is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Broussard and work: the main findings
A lot of Broussard works one town over
42% of working residents work in a town that borders Broussard: Lafayette (39%) and Youngsville (3%). Next door ↓
Broussard is where the jobs are
Broussard has 12,686 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 23,000 people are in town, 43% more than the 16,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Broussard draws workers from far and wide
The 12,686 jobs in Broussard are filled from a wide area. Broussard’s own residents hold 6% and the ten next-biggest home towns 30%; the other 64% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Most Broussard residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Broussard makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Broussard are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Broussard residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. 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.
Jobs & income in Broussard: the grade in detail
Household income holds Broussard’s grade up ($116,179, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Broussard could be anywhere from B− to A+.
A workday in Broussard: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 5,221 residents head out to work and 703 work right here.
About 23,000 people are in Broussard on a workday afternoon, 43% more 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 Broussard’s workforce comes from
Where Broussard clocks in
39% of workers
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.
How far Broussard goes to work
About 20% 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.
39% of the jobs in Broussard make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Broussard, 2013 → 2023: 14,829 → 12,686. 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 Broussard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Broussard, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Broussard workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,457 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.
For most of Broussard, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,851 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). 2.1% of Broussard households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Broussard’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Broussard is 913th among 2,109 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 486 | Youngsville LA | 19,980 | $106K | 9.1% | 1.2% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 643 | Mandeville LA | 12,918 | $94K | 7.1% | 2.9% | 16% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 755 | Moss Bluff LA | 12,482 | $92K | 8.9% | 1.1% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 911 | Lawrenceburg Township IN | 11,398 | $73K | 10.0% | 1.4% | 29% | B+ |
| 912 | North Decatur GA | 18,442 | $111K | 9.7% | 6.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 913 | Broussard LA | 15,799 | $116K | 13.4% | 3.6% | 12% | B+ |
| 914 | Ferguson Township PA | 18,813 | $86K | 18.2% | 4.8% | 11% | B+ |
| 915 | Colchester VT | 17,565 | $98K | 7.0% | 3.8% | 16% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Broussard, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
Work next door: 42% of Broussard’s workers
The biggest share goes to Lafayette (39%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Broussard workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broussard | – | B+ | B+ | 20 min | $116,179 |
| Lafayette | 39% | C+ | A− | 20 min | $61,915 |
| Youngsville | 3% | A | C+ | 26 min | $105,876 |
| Cade | under 1% | A− | D | 29 min | $72,839 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Broussard’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 Broussard: questions
What is the median household income in Broussard?
$116,179 (±$15,880) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Broussard?
13.4%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Broussard?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Broussard work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (39%, 6 mi), Youngsville (3%, 4 mi), Baton Rouge (3%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Broussard walkable?
Broussard is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Broussard without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Broussard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Broussard
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.