Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Dubach commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
1% of workers have no commute at all, against 8% across Louisiana. There are 63 jobs in Dubach for 439 working residents. Hardly any stay in Dubach for work; outside it, Ruston is the main destination (34%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Dubach, in a few figures
Dubach is a place people come home to
There are 63 jobs based in Dubach, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dubach has about 520 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Dubach works in Ruston
151 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Ruston, 12 miles away. That’s far more as work in Dubach 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 439 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Dubach on a workday afternoon
On a workday 438 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Dubach on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
The towns that employ Dubach’s residents
Where Dubach clocks in
34% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
A place that makes things: 70% of Dubach’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dubach, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 63. 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 Dubach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Dubach: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dubach workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 253 commuters (the 1% 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 commute from Dubach, by distance
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.
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 Dubach: questions
What is the median household income in Dubach?
$36,583 (±$13,714) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dubach?
27.6%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dubach?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dubach work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ruston (34%, 12 mi), Shreveport (7%, 68 mi), Arcadia (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dubach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dubach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dubach
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.