Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Farmerville’s household incomes are among the lowest in the country
42.3% of residents live below the poverty line; Louisiana has 18.9%. Measured by household income, Farmerville is among the lowest-earning towns in the country. For jobs and income Farmerville is better than 4% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Farmerville
Farmerville is where the jobs are
Farmerville has 2,122 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Farmerville are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Louisiana. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Louisiana worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Farmerville workers earn over $40,000 a year
42% of Farmerville’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 19% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Farmerville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Farmerville is Monroe, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (103) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Farmerville’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Farmerville’s grade up (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($26,356, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Farmerville could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Farmerville fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,005 residents head out to work, 299 work right here, and 1,823 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,300 people are in Farmerville on a workday afternoon, 24% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
About 20 minutes to work from Farmerville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Farmerville workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 910 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.
What the 2,122 jobs in Farmerville are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Farmerville, 2014 → 2024: 1,982 → 2,122. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Farmerville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Farmerville
About 22% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Commuting in to Farmerville: where workers come from
Where Farmerville clocks in
8% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Most of Farmerville commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.8% of 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 965 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). 18.7% of Farmerville households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Farmerville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Farmerville compares with U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 301 | Hahnville LA | 3,520 | $101K | 6.7% | 0.0% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 758 | South Vacherie LA | 2,954 | $81K | 3.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 921 | Greenwood LA | 3,077 | $64K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,245 | Paoli IN | 3,596 | $43K | 25.2% | 7.8% | 17% | D− |
| 4,246 | Green Township OH | 3,659 | $48K | 49.4% | 10.3% | 8% | D− |
| 4,247 | Farmerville LA | 3,432 | $26K | 42.3% | 9.0% | 23% | D− |
| 4,248 | Lac du Flambeau WI | 3,659 | $57K | 23.7% | 10.1% | 46% | D− |
| 4,249 | Geneva AL | 4,307 | $47K | 27.3% | 9.8% | 31% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Farmerville, 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 2024, 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 Farmerville: questions
What is the median household income in Farmerville?
$26,356 (±$1,988) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Farmerville?
42.3%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Farmerville?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Farmerville work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monroe (8%, 26 mi), Ruston (5%, 22 mi), West Monroe (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Farmerville walkable?
Farmerville is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Farmerville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 19% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Farmerville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Farmerville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.