Most of Fordoche commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Working residents average 27 minutes each way, where Louisiana has 26 and the U.S. 26. There are 56 jobs in Fordoche, and 321 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Fordoche; the top destination outside it is Baton Rouge (16%, 31 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fordoche: the figures worth knowing
Fordoche is a place people come home to
There are 56 jobs based in Fordoche, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fordoche has about 580 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fordoche’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Fordoche is Baton Rouge, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (52) 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 321 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Fordoche by day
On a workday 321 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 580 people are in Fordoche on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Fordoche
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 towns that employ Fordoche’s residents
Where Fordoche clocks in
16% of workers
13% 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.
In Fordoche, 52% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fordoche, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 56. 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 Fordoche’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Fordoche: 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 Fordoche workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 304 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.
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 Fordoche: questions
What is the median household income in Fordoche?
$64,091 (±$13,573) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fordoche?
10.1%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fordoche?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fordoche work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baton Rouge (16%, 31 mi), New Roads (13%, 12 mi), Lafayette (3%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fordoche 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 Fordoche, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fordoche
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.