With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Grosse Tete works elsewhere
Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 8% across Louisiana. Grosse Tete has 68 jobs for 241 working residents. Only 1% stay in Grosse Tete for work; outside it, Baton Rouge is the main destination (17%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Grosse Tete in brief
Grosse Tete workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 53 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana. Over a year that’s about 406 hours of commuting, 207 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Grosse Tete is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in Grosse Tete, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Grosse Tete has about 350 people in it, 33% 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 241 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The trip to work from Grosse Tete: about 53 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grosse Tete workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 109 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.
How many people are in Grosse Tete by day
On a workday 238 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Grosse Tete on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Commuting out of Grosse Tete: the destinations
Where Grosse Tete clocks in
17% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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 Grosse Tete: what the 68 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grosse Tete, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 68. 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 Grosse Tete’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Grosse Tete
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.
Around Grosse Tete: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grosse Tete workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grosse Tete | – | — | — | 53 min | $56,587 |
| Rosedale | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rosedale: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grosse Tete’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 Grosse Tete: questions
What is the median household income in Grosse Tete?
$56,587 (±$17,988) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grosse Tete?
11.9%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grosse Tete?
53 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grosse Tete work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baton Rouge (17%, 18 mi), Lafayette (5%, 38 mi), Plaquemine (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grosse Tete without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grosse Tete, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grosse Tete
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.