Jacques Dupre House · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0Few U.S. towns have unemployment as high as Erwinville’s 33.6%
Only 1% work in Erwinville itself; outside it, Baton Rouge draws the most (26%, 17 miles). Erwinville grades D for jobs and income and D for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Erwinville
Erwinville and Baton Rouge trade workers both ways
Baton Rouge is the top workplace for Erwinville residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Erwinville come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Erwinville is a place people come home to
There are 216 jobs based in Erwinville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Erwinville has about 1,600 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 991 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Erwinville: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Erwinville is better than 10% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Erwinville’s grade up (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Erwinville could be anywhere from D to C.
Where Erwinville’s working residents head each day
Where Erwinville clocks in
26% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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 daily commute in and out of Erwinville
On a workday 977 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 202 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Erwinville on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.22 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.
What the 216 jobs in Erwinville are
216 jobs are based in Erwinville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Erwinville, 2013 → 2023: 212 → 216. 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 Erwinville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Erwinville: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Erwinville workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 664 commuters (the 6% 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 many miles Erwinville commutes
About 15% 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.
The commute in Erwinville is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Erwinville is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Louisiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 710 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). 8.1% of Erwinville households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Erwinville’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Erwinville is 4,503rd of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 283 | Montz LA | 2,074 | $92K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 434 | Des Allemands LA | 2,382 | $88K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,501 | Osceola Township MI | 1,853 | $57K | 14.5% | 0.9% | 3% | D |
| 4,502 | Lewis Township OH | 2,473 | $70K | 26.6% | 6.3% | 1% | D |
| 4,503 | Erwinville LA | 2,420 | $52K | 53.1% | 33.6% | 1% | D |
| 4,504 | Sesser IL | 1,888 | $53K | 19.6% | 5.8% | 4% | D |
| 4,505 | Gold Beach OR | 2,257 | $56K | 12.2% | 6.9% | 40% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Erwinville, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
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 Erwinville: questions
What is the median household income in Erwinville?
$52,120 (±$39,182) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Erwinville?
53.1%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Erwinville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Erwinville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baton Rouge (26%, 17 mi), Port Allen (7%, 13 mi), New Orleans (3%, 93 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Erwinville walkable?
Erwinville is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Erwinville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Erwinville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Erwinville
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.