Oaklawn Manor · Photo: Phrangck15 · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Charenton are lower than in 68% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 19 minutes getting to work on average; Louisiana averages 26, the U.S. 26. The poverty rate is 12.3%, where Louisiana as a whole has 18.9%. Only 5% stay in Charenton for work; outside it, Franklin is the main destination (13%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Charenton and work: the main findings
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Charenton
On income, poverty and job access, Charenton is better than 29% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Charenton’s grade.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Charenton’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Charenton could be anywhere from C− to C+.
The trip to work from Charenton: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Charenton workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 527 commuters (the 4% 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.
Who commutes out of Charenton, and who commutes in
On a workday 502 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 486 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Charenton commutes to
Where Charenton clocks in
13% of workers
8% 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.
Charenton makes things: 29% of its jobs are in goods
511 jobs are based in Charenton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Charenton, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 511. 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 Charenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Charenton
About 23% 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.
The commute in Charenton is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Charenton is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Charenton 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 549 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). 1.4% of Charenton households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Charenton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Charenton is 3,432nd among 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 353 | Paulina LA | 1,785 | $89K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 543 | Sorrento LA | 1,622 | $118K | 8.5% | 3.2% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 568 | Cade LA | 1,710 | $73K | 6.0% | 1.5% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,430 | Montezuma Township KS | 1,543 | $68K | 8.6% | 3.4% | 24% | C |
| 3,431 | Friendship ME | 1,159 | $76K | 10.0% | 0.8% | 6% | C |
| 3,432 | Charenton LA | 1,440 | $63K | 12.3% | 2.5% | 5% | C |
| 3,433 | Bowmans Addition MD | 1,102 | $82K | 29.0% | 1.9% | 1% | C |
| 3,434 | Waterville MN | 1,757 | $76K | 12.0% | 7.3% | 10% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Charenton, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
Work in the towns next to Charenton
The biggest share goes to Baldwin (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Charenton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Charenton: questions
What is the median household income in Charenton?
$63,463 (±$4,980) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Charenton?
12.3%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Charenton?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Charenton work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Franklin (13%, 6 mi), Lafayette (8%, 38 mi), New Iberia (7%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Charenton walkable?
Charenton is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Charenton 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 Charenton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Charenton
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.