Poverty Point National Monument · Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/15308454@N06/ Kniemla · CC BY-SA 2.0How Epps works: jobs, income and commuting
The average commute takes 48 minutes each way; Louisiana averages 26, the U.S. 26. Hardly any work in Epps itself; outside it, Oak Grove draws the most (17%, 19 miles). Epps has 111 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Epps
On a workday 111 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Epps on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Epps: the destinations
Where Epps clocks in
17% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Each way, about 48 minutes from Epps
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Epps workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 86 commuters (the 9% 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 Epps’ workers travel
About 35% 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 Epps: questions
What is the median household income in Epps?
$53,667 (±$7,066) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Epps?
15.5%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Epps?
48 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Epps work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oak Grove (17%, 19 mi), Monroe (7%, 35 mi), Delhi (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Epps without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Epps, from the people who make the trip.
More of Epps
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.