Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 3.0Church Point has lower household incomes than 92% of U.S. towns
Church Point grades D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. The poverty rate is 24.0%, next to 18.9% for Louisiana as a whole. About one in seven work in Church Point; the top destination outside it is Lafayette (17%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Church Point and work: the main findings
The better-paid jobs are outside Church Point
44% of Church Point residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 25% of the jobs based in Church Point pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 84% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Fewer than half of Church Point workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Church Point’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 16% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
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.
The four measures behind Church Point’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Church Point is better than 10% of U.S. towns, #127 of 161 in Louisiana. Job access by car holds Church Point’s grade up (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (9.5%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Church Point could be anywhere from D to B−.
What Church Point’s employers do
1,139 jobs are based in Church Point.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Church Point, 2013 → 2023: 1,202 → 1,139. 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 Church Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Church Point, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,375 residents head out to work, 269 work right here, and 870 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Church Point on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.69 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 Church Point work
Where Church Point clocks in
17% of workers
7% 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.
Church Point’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Church Point workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,378 commuters (the 15% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Church Point
About 26% 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.
Most of Church Point commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Church Point is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns, #51 of 161 in Louisiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 13.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Louisiana, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,627 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). 18.4% of Church Point households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Church Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Church Point compares with U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 303 | Hahnville LA | 3,520 | $101K | 6.7% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 774 | South Vacherie LA | 2,954 | $81K | 3.7% | 1.6% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 942 | Greenwood LA | 3,077 | $64K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,809 | Post TX | 3,494 | $41K | 9.8% | 8.6% | 33% | D |
| 3,810 | West End-Cobb Town AL | 3,453 | $55K | 22.7% | 15.3% | 3% | D |
| 3,811 | Church Point LA | 4,036 | $46K | 24.0% | 9.5% | 16% | D |
| 3,812 | South Pittsburg TN | 2,927 | $58K | 21.8% | 11.9% | 10% | D |
| 3,813 | Livermore Falls ME | 3,229 | $46K | 29.0% | 4.6% | 11% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | 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 Church Point, 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 Church Point: questions
What is the median household income in Church Point?
$46,087 (±$12,125) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Church Point?
24.0%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Church Point?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Church Point work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (17%, 18 mi), Crowley (7%, 16 mi), Opelousas (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Church Point walkable?
Church Point is more walkable than 68% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Church Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Church Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Church 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. 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.