With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Crescent works elsewhere
Employers in Crescent report 25 jobs, against 372 working residents. Hardly any stay in Crescent for work; outside it, Baton Rouge is the main destination (17%, 17 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; Louisiana has 8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Crescent stands out on work
Crescent is a place people come home to
There are 25 jobs based in Crescent, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Crescent has about 29 people in it, 92% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Crescent are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 26 across Louisiana. That’s about 61 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 372 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Crescent by day
On a workday 372 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 29 people are in Crescent on a workday afternoon, 92% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 18 minutes each way for Crescent’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crescent workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 120 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.
The places Crescent commutes to
Where Crescent clocks in
17% of workers
11% 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.
Crescent works in goods: 36% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crescent, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 25. 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 Crescent’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Crescent
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 Crescent: questions
What is the median household income in Crescent?
$83,056 (±$73,998) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crescent?
1.3%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crescent?
18 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crescent work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baton Rouge (17%, 17 mi), Plaquemine (11%, 4 mi), Lafayette (4%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crescent 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 Crescent, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crescent
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.