Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY-SA 3.0Estelle has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Estelle report 763 jobs for 7,581 working residents. Jobs and income earn Estelle C+; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 2% stay in Estelle for work; outside it, New Orleans is the main destination (23%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Estelle, in a few figures
Estelle is a place people come home to
There are 763 jobs based in Estelle, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Estelle has about 9,500 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Estelle and New Orleans trade workers both ways
New Orleans is the top workplace for Estelle residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Estelle come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Estelle
57% of Estelle residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 35% of the jobs based in Estelle pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Most Estelle residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Many jobs in Estelle pay little
29% of the jobs based in Estelle pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside Estelle’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Estelle is better than 41% of U.S. towns, #51 of 161 in Louisiana. Job access by car holds Estelle’s grade up (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Estelle could be anywhere from C to B.
The daily flow of workers through Estelle
On a workday 7,448 residents head out to work, 133 work right here, and 630 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,500 people are in Estelle 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.
Where the trip to work from Estelle ends
Where Estelle clocks in
23% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Estelle: what the 763 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Estelle, 2013 → 2023: 1,022 → 763. 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 Estelle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Estelle 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.
The trip to work from Estelle: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Estelle workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,147 commuters (the 11% 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.
Few in Estelle walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Estelle is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #110 of 161 in Louisiana. Both inputs place Estelle near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,020 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.1% of Estelle households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Estelle’s commuters take a bus or train.
Estelle next to U.S. towns of 11,000 to 22,000: 1,579th of 2,220 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 510 | Youngsville LA | 19,980 | $106K | 9.1% | 1.2% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 678 | Mandeville LA | 12,918 | $94K | 7.1% | 2.9% | 16% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 795 | Moss Bluff LA | 12,482 | $92K | 8.9% | 1.1% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,577 | Azalea Park FL | 16,180 | $63K | 14.0% | 6.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,578 | Lower Township NJ | 21,533 | $85K | 7.7% | 7.0% | 23% | C+ |
| 1,579 | Estelle LA | 16,341 | $79K | 17.0% | 7.8% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,580 | South El Monte CA | 18,963 | $73K | 20.9% | 7.4% | 8% | C+ |
| 1,581 | Hutchinson MN | 14,655 | $73K | 12.4% | 4.0% | 45% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,220 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Estelle, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
Work in the towns next to Estelle
The biggest share goes to Marrero (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Estelle’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 Estelle: questions
What is the median household income in Estelle?
$78,869 (±$9,619) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Estelle?
17.0%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Estelle?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Estelle work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Orleans (23%, 18 mi), Metairie (9%, 12 mi), Harvey (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Estelle walkable?
Estelle is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Estelle without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Estelle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Estelle
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.