San Francisco Plantation House · Photo: Russell Lee · Public domainGaryville draws 1,937 commuters a day, with 2.9 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Garyville is better than 51% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (D). Garyville has 1,985 jobs, against 690 working residents. Only 7% work in Garyville itself; outside it, Laplace draws the most (10%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Garyville: the gist
Garyville is where the jobs are
Garyville has 1,985 jobs, 2.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,400 people are in town, 61% more than the 2,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Garyville makes and builds things
78% of the jobs based in Garyville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Garyville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Garyville pay better than its residents’ jobs
91% of the jobs based in Garyville pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 55% of the jobs Garyville residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Garyville. 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; with 690 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Garyville’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Garyville’s grade up (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (6.3%) is left out: Garyville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Garyville could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Garyville by day and by night
On a workday 642 residents head out to work and 48 work right here.
About 3,400 people are in Garyville on a workday afternoon, 61% more 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.
Factories, building and farms: 78% of the jobs in Garyville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Garyville, 2013 → 2023: 1,579 → 1,985. 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 Garyville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Garyville
Where Garyville clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
Garyville’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Garyville workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 739 commuters (the 2% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Garyville
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.
In Garyville, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 751 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). 1.6% of Garyville households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Garyville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900, Garyville comes 2,219th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 272 | Montz LA | 2,074 | $92K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 420 | Des Allemands LA | 2,382 | $88K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,217 | Kennedy CA | 2,576 | $70K | 12.0% | 4.9% | 1% | B− |
| 2,218 | Silver Lake FL | 2,350 | $79K | 5.1% | 7.3% | 2% | B− |
| 2,219 | Garyville LA | 2,119 | $88K | 18.6% | 6.3% | 7% | B− |
| 2,220 | Swan Creek Township MI | 2,409 | $73K | 7.0% | 4.4% | 3% | B− |
| 2,221 | Grand Lake Township MN | 2,705 | $101K | 6.7% | 9.3% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Garyville, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
How Garyville compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Reserve (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Garyville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garyville | – | B− | D | 25 min | $88,060 |
| Reserve | 9% | C− | C | 23 min | $55,450 |
| Wallace | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Edgard | under 2% | C+ | D− | 31 min | $68,953 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wallace: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Garyville’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 Garyville: questions
What is the median household income in Garyville?
$88,060 (±$36,834) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Garyville?
18.6%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Garyville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Garyville work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Laplace (10%, 9 mi), Reserve (9%, 5 mi), New Orleans (9%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Garyville walkable?
Garyville is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Garyville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Garyville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Garyville
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.