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Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns. Brusly grades B for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 2% work in Brusly; the top destination outside it is Baton Rouge (25%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Brusly, in a few figures
The better-paid jobs are outside Brusly
65% of Brusly residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 16% of the jobs based in Brusly pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Brusly pay little
46% of the jobs based in Brusly pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 52% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Brusly empties out on a workday
About 1,800 people are in Brusly on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than the 2,600 who live here: 1,200 head out to work and 370 come in. Day and night ↓
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 Brusly’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brusly is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #25 of 161 in Louisiana. Household income holds Brusly’s grade up ($105,538, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Brusly could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Brusly
393 jobs are based in Brusly.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brusly, 2013 → 2023: 293 → 393. 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 Brusly’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Brusly for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,178 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 371 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Brusly on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.33 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Brusly to work: where people go
Where Brusly clocks in
25% of workers
4% 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.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Brusly
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brusly workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 921 commuters (the 6% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Brusly
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 of Brusly commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brusly is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns, #150 of 161 in Louisiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 978 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). 5.1% of Brusly households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brusly’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Brusly is 1,848th among 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 290 | Montz LA | 2,074 | $92K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 448 | Des Allemands LA | 2,382 | $88K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,846 | Cascade IA | 2,399 | $70K | 8.7% | 1.3% | 9% | B |
| 1,847 | Story City IA | 3,382 | $97K | 12.6% | 3.5% | 20% | B |
| 1,848 | Brusly LA | 2,614 | $106K | 7.9% | 19.1% | 2% | B |
| 1,849 | Minden NE | 3,133 | $68K | 4.8% | 2.6% | 26% | B |
| 1,850 | East Syracuse NY | 2,973 | $62K | 11.5% | 3.1% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | 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 Brusly, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
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 Brusly: questions
What is the median household income in Brusly?
$105,538 (±$26,270) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brusly?
7.9%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brusly?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brusly work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baton Rouge (25%, 8 mi), Port Allen (4%, 4 mi), Plaquemine (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brusly walkable?
Brusly is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brusly without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brusly, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brusly
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.