Making a living in Gilliam
Hardly any stay in Gilliam for work; outside it, Shreveport is the main destination (36%, 25 miles). For 15% of workers, the job is at home (Louisiana 8%). A typical one-way commute lasts 31 minutes (Louisiana 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Gilliam, and who commutes in
On a workday 39 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).
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 Gilliam goes to work
Where Gilliam clocks in
36% of workers
15% of workers
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.
Making and building: 31% of jobs based in Gilliam
36 jobs are based in Gilliam.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gilliam, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 36. 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 Gilliam’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Gilliam takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gilliam workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23 commuters (the 15% 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 Gilliam works
About 21% 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 Gilliam: questions
What is the median household income in Gilliam?
$93,750 (±$52,026) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gilliam?
14.5%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gilliam?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gilliam work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shreveport (36%, 25 mi), Bossier City (15%, 24 mi), Oil City (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gilliam without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gilliam, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gilliam
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.