Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Cullen works elsewhere
12% of workers have no commute at all (Louisiana 8%). 10 jobs are based in Cullen, and 174 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 24 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Cullen
On a workday 174 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Cullen on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
14% of working residents work in Springhill
Where Cullen clocks in
14% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 60% of the jobs in Cullen
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cullen, 2013 → 2023: 126 → 10. 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 Cullen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Cullen: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cullen workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 205 commuters (the 12% 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.
Half of Cullen commutes less than 26 miles
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.
Cullen and its neighbors: 14% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cullen workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cullen | – | — | — | 24 min | $21,607 |
| Springhill | 14% | D− | A− | 20 min | $37,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Springhill. Darker towns draw more of Cullen’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 Cullen: questions
What is the median household income in Cullen?
$21,607 (±$10,555) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cullen?
51.3%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cullen?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cullen work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springhill (14%, 2 mi), Minden (11%, 26 mi), Shreveport (8%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cullen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cullen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cullen
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.