Photo: MyName (Billy Hathorn) · Public domainDoyline has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Commuters spend 39 minutes getting to work on average, where Louisiana has 26 and the U.S. 26. 140 jobs are based in Doyline, and 279 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% stay in Doyline for work; outside it, Shreveport is the main destination (32%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Doyline: the figures worth knowing
Doyline workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
One in three of Doyline works in Shreveport
90 working residents, 32%, have their main job in Shreveport, 22 miles away. That’s 32 times as many as work in Doyline itself. The commute map ↓
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 279 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How long Doyline spends getting to work: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Doyline workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 283 commuters (the 5% 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.
Where people from Doyline work
Where Doyline clocks in
32% of workers
19% of workers
9% 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.
Doyline by day and by night
On a workday 275 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Doyline on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Making and building: 89% of jobs based in Doyline
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Doyline, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 140. 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 Doyline’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Doyline to work
About 17% 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.
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 Doyline: questions
What is the median household income in Doyline?
$34,327 (±$7,126) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Doyline?
30.8%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Doyline?
39 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Doyline work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shreveport (32%, 22 mi), Bossier City (19%, 14 mi), Minden (9%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Doyline without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Doyline, from the people who make the trip.
More of Doyline
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.