Good Pine draws 417 commuters a day, with 7.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 426 jobs in Good Pine; 60 of its residents have a job. About one in seven work in Good Pine; the top destination outside it is Jena (23%, 2 miles). Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, where Louisiana as a whole has 8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Good Pine, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 51 residents head out to work and 9 work right here.
About 1,200 people are in Good Pine on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
Where Good Pine’s workforce comes from
Where Good Pine clocks in
23% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Good Pine: what the 426 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Good Pine, 2013 → 2023: 303 → 426. 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 Good Pine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Good Pine
of Good Pine workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 345 commuters (the 1% 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.
How many miles Good Pine commutes
About 34% 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.
The towns next door employ 26% of Good Pine
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Jena. Darker towns draw more of Good Pine’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 Good Pine: questions
What is the median household income in Good Pine?
$88,512 (±$27,997) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Good Pine?
17.9%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Good Pine work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jena (23%, 2 mi), Pineville (5%, 28 mi), Alexandria (5%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Good Pine without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 22% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Good Pine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Good Pine
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.