Photo: Public domain · Public domainCecilia has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
17% of workers have no commute at all, next to 8% for Louisiana as a whole. There are 114 jobs in Cecilia for 711 working residents. Cecilia grades C for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Cecilia apart
Cecilia is a place people come home to
There are 114 jobs based in Cecilia, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cecilia has about 1,100 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Cecilia are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Louisiana. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Louisiana 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 711 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Cecilia’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Cecilia is better than 32% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Cecilia’s grade up (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (22.6%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Cecilia’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cecilia could be anywhere from D to A−.
Cecilia by day and by night
On a workday 701 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Cecilia on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
How long Cecilia spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cecilia workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 555 commuters (the 17% 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.
26% of working residents work in Lafayette
Where Cecilia clocks in
26% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
What Cecilia’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cecilia, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 114. 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 Cecilia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Cecilia commutes
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.
In Cecilia, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cecilia is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. 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 672 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). 8.2% of Cecilia households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cecilia’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400, Cecilia ranks 3,510th of 6,085 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 267 | Montz LA | 2,074 | $92K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 403 | Des Allemands LA | 2,382 | $88K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,508 | Washington Township IN | 1,882 | $59K | 8.5% | 3.3% | 9% | C |
| 3,509 | Vinalhaven ME | 1,254 | $73K | 7.3% | 2.2% | 41% | C |
| 3,510 | Cecilia LA | 1,742 | $67K | 22.6% | 2.1% | 1% | C |
| 3,511 | Cedar Hill MO | 1,261 | $61K | 15.9% | 3.7% | 2% | C |
| 3,512 | Oakhurst OK | 2,175 | $57K | 18.9% | 5.8% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Cecilia, 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 Cecilia: questions
What is the median household income in Cecilia?
$67,109 (±$36,639) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cecilia?
22.6%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cecilia?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cecilia work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (26%, 14 mi), Breaux Bridge (9%, 5 mi), Baton Rouge (7%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cecilia walkable?
Cecilia is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cecilia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cecilia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cecilia
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.