Photo: Billy Hathorn at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Dixie Inn
Employers in Dixie Inn report 171 jobs; 130 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers have no commute at all, where Louisiana as a whole has 8%. The average commute takes 21 minutes each way, where Louisiana has 26 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Dixie Inn
On a workday 127 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Dixie Inn on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 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.
30% of working residents work in Minden
Where Dixie Inn clocks in
30% of workers
25% of workers
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Dixie Inn
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dixie Inn, 2013 → 2023: 201 → 171. 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 Dixie Inn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Dixie Inn, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dixie Inn workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 108 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.
How far it is to work from Dixie Inn
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.
Bordering towns draw 30% of Dixie Inn’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Minden. Darker towns draw more of Dixie Inn’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 Dixie Inn: questions
What is the median household income in Dixie Inn?
$23,125 (±$6,595) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dixie Inn?
66.0%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dixie Inn?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dixie Inn work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minden (30%, 4 mi), Shreveport (25%, 28 mi), Bossier City (12%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dixie Inn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dixie Inn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dixie Inn
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.