Cankton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
The average commute takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. Employers in Cankton report 48 jobs; 262 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Cankton; the top destination outside it is Lafayette (31%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cankton and work: the main findings
Cankton and Lafayette trade workers both ways
Lafayette is the top workplace for Cankton residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Cankton come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Cankton is a place people come home to
There are 48 jobs based in Cankton, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cankton has about 350 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Cankton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 262 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Cankton goes to work
Where Cankton clocks in
31% of workers
8% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Cankton
On a workday 255 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Cankton on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Louisiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cankton workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 266 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.
Jobs in Cankton: what the 48 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cankton, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 48. 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 Cankton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Cankton
About 24% 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 Cankton: questions
What is the median household income in Cankton?
$72,000 (±$42,595) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cankton?
16.1%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cankton?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cankton work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (31%, 11 mi), Opelousas (8%, 12 mi), Baton Rouge (4%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cankton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cankton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cankton
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.