Photo: The original uploader was Billy Hathorn at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Gibsland has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 23 minutes each way; Louisiana averages 26, the U.S. 26. There are 82 jobs in Gibsland, and 293 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Gibsland; the top destination outside it is Arcadia (15%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Gibsland: the figures worth knowing
Who commutes out of Gibsland, and who commutes in
On a workday 284 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Gibsland on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Out of Gibsland to work: where people go
Where Gibsland clocks in
15% of workers
13% of workers
11% 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.
Jobs in Gibsland: what the 82 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gibsland, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 82. 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 Gibsland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Gibsland: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gibsland workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 258 commuters (the 7% 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 Gibsland works
About 25% 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 Gibsland: questions
What is the median household income in Gibsland?
$22,121 (±$2,216) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gibsland?
34.2%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gibsland?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gibsland work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Arcadia (15%, 8 mi), Minden (13%, 14 mi), Shreveport (11%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gibsland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gibsland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gibsland
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.