Photo: Pat Austin · CC BY 2.0Fort Jesup has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Fort Jesup has 20 jobs; 195 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Fort Jesup itself; outside it, Many draws the most (29%, 5 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, against 8% across Louisiana.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Fort Jesup
On a workday 195 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Fort Jesup on a workday afternoon, 61% 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 Fort Jesup ends
Where Fort Jesup clocks in
29% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 90% of the jobs in Fort Jesup
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fort Jesup, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 20. 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 Fort Jesup’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Fort Jesup
of Fort Jesup workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where in the region Fort Jesup works
About 30% 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 Fort Jesup: questions
What is the poverty rate in Fort Jesup?
50.0%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Fort Jesup work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Many (29%, 5 mi), Natchitoches (10%, 20 mi), Shreveport (9%, 63 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fort Jesup 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 Fort Jesup, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fort Jesup
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.