Cameron has 6.4 jobs for every working resident: 929 people commute in to work
0% of workers work from home, next to 8% for Louisiana as a whole. 949 jobs are based in Cameron; 148 of its residents have a job. About one in seven stay in Cameron for work; outside it, Lake Charles is the main destination (10%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Cameron, and who commutes in
On a workday 128 residents head out to work and 20 work right here.
About 970 people are in Cameron on a workday afternoon, 474% 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 Cameron’s workers come from
Where Cameron clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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.
41% of the jobs in Cameron make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cameron, 2013 → 2023: 951 → 949. 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 Cameron’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Cameron
of Cameron workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 81 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.
How far Cameron goes to work
About 49% 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 Cameron: questions
What is the median household income in Cameron?
$54,125 (±$48,061) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cameron?
0.0%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cameron work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lake Charles (10%, 28 mi), Lafayette (9%, 81 mi), Beaumont (5%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cameron without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cameron, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cameron
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.