Photo: Butch DuCote · Public domainChackbay has lower unemployment (1.0%) than 94% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Chackbay B; getting around on foot earns it D−. Only 1% stay in Chackbay for work; outside it, Thibodaux is the main destination (22%, 4 miles). The average commute takes 31 minutes each way, where Louisiana has 26 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Chackbay
Chackbay is a place people come home to
There are 254 jobs based in Chackbay, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Chackbay has about 3,200 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Chackbay and Thibodaux trade workers both ways
Thibodaux is the top workplace for Chackbay residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Chackbay come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Chackbay workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 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.
Inside Chackbay’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Chackbay is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #23 of 161 in Louisiana. Unemployment holds Chackbay’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chackbay could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Chackbay by day and by night
On a workday 2,476 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Chackbay on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.
0.10 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.
Commuting out of Chackbay: the destinations
Where Chackbay clocks in
22% 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.
Getting to work from Chackbay takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chackbay workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,273 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.
Jobs in Chackbay: what the 254 are
254 jobs are based in Chackbay.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chackbay, 2013 → 2023: 150 → 254. 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 Chackbay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Chackbay
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.
The commute in Chackbay is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Chackbay is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #161 of 161 in Louisiana. Both inputs place Chackbay near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,422 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). 1.2% of Chackbay households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Chackbay’s commuters take a bus or train.
Chackbay next to U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,300: 1,604th of 3,541 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,033 | Elmwood LA | 6,077 | $89K | 7.7% | 4.8% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,287 | Westlake LA | 4,763 | $68K | 12.1% | 0.0% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,307 | Red Chute LA | 6,526 | $86K | 7.5% | 4.1% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,602 | Boston Township MI | 6,121 | $84K | 12.4% | 3.7% | 5% | B |
| 1,603 | Ossipee NH | 4,599 | $91K | 8.1% | 1.6% | 17% | B |
| 1,604 | Chackbay LA | 5,436 | $66K | 7.4% | 1.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,605 | Grafton OH | 5,764 | $91K | 9.2% | 5.9% | 5% | B |
| 1,606 | Washington Township IN | 7,010 | $71K | 12.5% | 2.8% | 13% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,541 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Chackbay, 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 Chackbay: questions
What is the median household income in Chackbay?
$65,968 (±$14,510) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chackbay?
7.4%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chackbay?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chackbay work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thibodaux (22%, 4 mi), Baton Rouge (4%, 45 mi), Bayou Cane (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chackbay walkable?
Chackbay is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chackbay without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chackbay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chackbay
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.