Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Choudrant at work: jobs, income and the commute
Only 5% stay in Choudrant for work; outside it, Ruston is the main destination (37%, 6 miles). Jobs and income earn Choudrant B−; getting around on foot earns it D−. The average commute takes 16 minutes each way, next to 26 for Louisiana and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Choudrant
37% of Choudrant works in Ruston
160 working residents, 37%, have their main job in Ruston, 6.1 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in Choudrant itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Choudrant are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 26 across Louisiana. That’s about 77 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 438 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Choudrant’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Choudrant is better than 52% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Choudrant’s grade.
Unemployment (0.5%) is left out: Choudrant’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, Choudrant could be anywhere from C− to A.
The places Choudrant commutes to
Where Choudrant clocks in
37% of workers
10% of workers
6% 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.
Each way, about 16 minutes from Choudrant
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Choudrant workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 552 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.
A workday in Choudrant: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 417 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 317 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in Choudrant on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 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.
In Choudrant, 32% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
338 jobs are based in Choudrant.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Choudrant, 2013 → 2023: 318 → 338. 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 Choudrant’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Choudrant
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.
In Choudrant, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Choudrant is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Choudrant 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 574 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). 0.0% of Choudrant households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Choudrant’s commuters take a bus or train.
953rd of 3,133: where Choudrant ranks among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 734 | Watson LA | 1,357 | $97K | 17.2% | 3.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 744 | Egan LA | 1,015 | $93K | 10.3% | 6.9% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 951 | Bay Township MI | 1,139 | $81K | 4.4% | 3.6% | 2% | B− |
| 952 | Brush Creek Township OH | 1,065 | $75K | 0.8% | 3.7% | 1% | B− |
| 953 | Choudrant LA | 1,032 | $73K | 8.1% | 0.5% | 5% | B− |
| 954 | Speers PA | 1,047 | $73K | 11.6% | 3.0% | 7% | B− |
| 955 | Lee Township MI | 1,057 | $85K | 11.1% | 9.2% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,057 | New Sarpy LA | 1,247 | $52K | 9.4% | 8.5% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Choudrant, 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 Choudrant: questions
What is the median household income in Choudrant?
$72,679 (±$41,507) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Choudrant?
8.1%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Choudrant?
16 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Choudrant work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ruston (37%, 6 mi), Monroe (10%, 26 mi), Shreveport (6%, 74 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Choudrant walkable?
Choudrant is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Choudrant 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 Choudrant, from the people who make the trip.
More of Choudrant
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.