Photo: Clem · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Edgard works elsewhere
Only 2% work in Edgard itself; outside it, Luling draws the most (9%, 15 miles). 93 jobs are based in Edgard for 719 working residents. Jobs and income earn Edgard C+; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Edgard: the figures worth knowing
Edgard is a place people come home to
There are 93 jobs based in Edgard, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Edgard has about 860 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Edgard workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 719 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Edgard
On income, poverty and job access, Edgard is better than 45% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Edgard’s grade up (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($68,953, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (10.3%) is left out: Edgard’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Edgard could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Who works in Edgard, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 707 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Edgard 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.
About 31 minutes to work from Edgard
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edgard workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 463 commuters (the 8% 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 places Edgard commutes to
Where Edgard clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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 Edgard
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edgard, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 93. 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 Edgard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Edgard commutes
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.
Few in Edgard walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 506 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.7% of Edgard households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Edgard’s commuters take a bus or train.
Edgard places 2,554th of 6,308 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 383 | Paulina LA | 1,785 | $89K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 592 | Sorrento LA | 1,622 | $118K | 8.5% | 3.2% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,552 | Sparta NY | 1,577 | $88K | 8.8% | 1.4% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,553 | Brown Township OH | 1,571 | $75K | 21.2% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,554 | Edgard LA | 1,482 | $69K | 11.2% | 10.3% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,555 | Aynor SC | 1,068 | $74K | 9.6% | 3.0% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,556 | Ridgeville SC | 1,230 | $56K | 7.7% | 2.7% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Edgard, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
Edgard and its neighbors: 15% work next door
The biggest share goes to Reserve (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edgard workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgard | – | C+ | D− | 31 min | $68,953 |
| Wallace | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Laplace | 7% | C | B− | 33 min | $69,030 |
| Reserve | 8% | C− | C | 23 min | $55,450 |
| Garyville | under 3% | B− | D | 25 min | $88,060 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wallace: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Edgard’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 Edgard: questions
What is the median household income in Edgard?
$68,953 (±$8,480) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edgard?
11.2%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edgard?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edgard work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Luling (9%, 15 mi), Reserve (8%, 3 mi), Laplace (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Edgard walkable?
Edgard is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edgard 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 Edgard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edgard
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.