Gillis has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Gillis itself; outside it, Lake Charles draws the most (42%, 12 miles). Gillis has 50 jobs; 328 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers work from home, where Louisiana as a whole has 8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Gillis apart
42% of Gillis works in Lake Charles
139 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Lake Charles, 12 miles away. That’s far more as work in Gillis itself. The commute map ↓
Gillis is a place people come home to
There are 50 jobs based in Gillis, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Gillis has about 390 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 328 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Gillis ends
Where Gillis clocks in
Lines 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.
Gillis on a workday afternoon
On a workday 327 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Gillis on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Goods, not services: 32% of the jobs in Gillis
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gillis, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 50. 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 Gillis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes each way, longer than most of Louisiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gillis workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 219 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Gillis
About 16% 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 Gillis: questions
What is the poverty rate in Gillis?
0.0%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gillis?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gillis work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lake Charles (42%, 12 mi), Sulphur (6%, 14 mi), Moss Bluff (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gillis 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 Gillis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gillis
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.