Jobs, income and commuting in Hackberry, LA
About one in five work in Hackberry itself; outside it, Lake Charles draws the most (13%, 20 miles). For 2% of workers, the job is at home; Louisiana has 8%. A typical one-way commute lasts 14 minutes, next to 26 for Louisiana and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hackberry: the figures worth knowing
Hackberry makes and builds things
53% of the jobs based in Hackberry are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hackberry residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Hackberry are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 26 across Louisiana. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical Louisiana worker. Time on the road ↓
The jobs in Hackberry pay better than its residents’ jobs
81% of the jobs based in Hackberry pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 57% of the jobs Hackberry residents hold. 83% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Hackberry. The jobs ↓
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 505 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In Hackberry, 53% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
517 jobs are based in Hackberry.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hackberry, 2013 → 2023: 248 → 517. 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 Hackberry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Hackberry: about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hackberry workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 435 commuters (the 2% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Hackberry
On a workday 419 residents head out to work, 86 work right here, and 431 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 (1.02 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 Hackberry goes to work
Where Hackberry 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.
How far it is to work from Hackberry
About 27% 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 Hackberry: questions
What is the median household income in Hackberry?
$105,263 (±$36,045) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hackberry?
6.0%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hackberry?
14 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hackberry work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lake Charles (13%, 20 mi), Sulphur (7%, 19 mi), Cameron (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hackberry 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 Hackberry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hackberry
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.