With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Dry Prong works elsewhere
Only 3% stay in Dry Prong for work; outside it, Alexandria is the main destination (21%, 20 miles). There are 62 jobs in Dry Prong for 160 working residents. The average commute takes 33 minutes each way, next to 26 for Louisiana and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Dry Prong for work, and who comes in
On a workday 155 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Dry Prong 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.
Commuting out of Dry Prong: the destinations
Where Dry Prong clocks in
21% of workers
13% 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.
The kinds of work in Dry Prong
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dry Prong, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 62. 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 Dry Prong’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Dry Prong spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dry Prong workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 158 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.
Miles to work from Dry Prong
About 23% 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 Dry Prong: questions
What is the median household income in Dry Prong?
$61,625 (±$10,258) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dry Prong?
17.6%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dry Prong?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dry Prong work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alexandria (21%, 20 mi), Colfax (13%, 11 mi), Pineville (9%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dry Prong without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dry Prong, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dry Prong
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.