Most of Grand Point commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Grand Point; the top destination outside it is Lutcher (9%, 3 miles). 219 jobs are based in Grand Point, and 965 of its residents work somewhere. Grand Point grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Grand Point: the figures worth knowing
Inside Grand Point’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Grand Point is better than 71% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Grand Point’s grade up (5.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (4.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Grand Point could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
The daily flow of workers through Grand Point
On a workday 946 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 200 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Grand Point on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Where Grand Point’s working residents head each day
Where Grand Point clocks in
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.
Grand Point makes things: 91% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grand Point, 2013 → 2023: 170 → 219. 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 Grand Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Grand Point: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grand Point workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,204 commuters (the 4% 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 Grand Point commutes
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.
Driving is how Grand Point gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Grand Point is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Grand Point near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,254 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). 2.7% of Grand Point households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Grand Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,200, Grand Point ranks 1,233rd of 5,552 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 295 | Montz LA | 2,074 | $92K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 448 | Des Allemands LA | 2,382 | $88K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,231 | Elk Mound WI | 2,057 | $89K | 5.1% | 3.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,232 | Alden WI | 3,019 | $95K | 2.8% | 3.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,233 | Grand Point LA | 2,341 | $89K | 5.1% | 4.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,234 | Diamond IL | 2,714 | $73K | 10.5% | 0.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,235 | Lake Crystal MN | 2,470 | $83K | 7.8% | 1.5% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,552 | 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 Grand Point, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
The towns around Grand Point
The biggest share goes to Paulina (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grand Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Point | – | B+ | C− | 26 min | $88,674 |
| Paulina | 3% | A | D | 25 min | $88,839 |
| Hester | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hester: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grand Point’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 Grand Point: questions
What is the median household income in Grand Point?
$88,674 (±$14,938) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grand Point?
5.1%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grand Point?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grand Point work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lutcher (9%, 3 mi), Garyville (8%, 7 mi), Baton Rouge (5%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Grand Point walkable?
Grand Point is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grand Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grand Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grand Point
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.