Fort Johnson North draws 1,058 commuters a day, with 3.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 4% work in Fort Johnson North itself; outside it, Leesville draws the most (8%, 7 miles). Employers in Fort Johnson North report 1,071 jobs for 334 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Fort Johnson North in brief
A big share show a job far from home
66% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Fort Johnson North has far more jobs than workers
Fort Johnson North has 1,071 jobs, 3.2 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
The jobs in Fort Johnson North pay better than its residents’ jobs
83% of the jobs based in Fort Johnson North pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 46% of the jobs Fort Johnson North residents hold. 99% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Fort Johnson North. The jobs ↓
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; with 334 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The commute from Fort Johnson North, by distance
About 66% 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.
Who leaves Fort Johnson North for work, and who comes in
On a workday 321 residents head out to work and 13 work right here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Fort Johnson North is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fort Johnson North, 2014 → 2024: 86 → 1,071. 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 Fort Johnson North’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Fort Johnson North
Where Fort Johnson North clocks in
5% 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.
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 Fort Johnson North: questions
Where do people who live in Fort Johnson North work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Leesville (8%, 7 mi), Fort Johnson South (5%, 4 mi), Lafayette (5%, 92 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fort Johnson North, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fort Johnson North
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.