Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Center Point
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Louisiana as a whole has 8%. Only 1% work in Center Point itself; outside it, Alexandria draws the most (28%, 16 miles). There are 128 jobs in Center Point for 197 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Center Point, and who commutes in
On a workday 195 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Center Point on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.65 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.
Where people from Center Point work
Where Center Point clocks in
28% 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.
Most jobs in Center Point are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Center Point, 2013 → 2023: 143 → 128. 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 Center Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Center Point
of Center Point workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 162 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Center Point
About 28% 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 Center Point: questions
What is the median household income in Center Point?
$14,655 (±$10,948) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Center Point?
80.3%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Center Point work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alexandria (28%, 16 mi), Marksville (7%, 12 mi), Pineville (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Center Point 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 Center Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Center Point
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.