Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Haughton has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
736 jobs are based in Haughton for 1,808 working residents. Haughton grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Haughton
Jobs in Haughton have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Haughton went from 365 in 2013 to 736 in 2023, +102%. The jobs ↓
Haughton makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Haughton are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Haughton residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
Haughton and Shreveport trade workers both ways
Shreveport is the top workplace for Haughton residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Haughton come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Haughton gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Haughton is better than 18% of U.S. towns, #107 of 161 in Louisiana. Job access by car holds Haughton’s grade up (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.5%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Haughton could be anywhere from D to B+.
Factories, building and farms: 43% of the jobs in Haughton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Haughton, 2013 → 2023: 365 → 736. 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 Haughton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
34% of working residents work in Shreveport
Where Haughton clocks in
34% of workers
21% of workers
7% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Haughton
On a workday 1,733 residents head out to work, 75 work right here, and 661 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,800 people are in Haughton on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Haughton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Haughton workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,728 commuters (the 12% 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.
Where in the region Haughton works
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.
Getting around Haughton: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Haughton is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns, #148 of 161 in Louisiana. Both inputs place Haughton 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 1,973 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). 4.5% of Haughton households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Haughton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Haughton is 3,167th among 3,753 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 306 | Hahnville LA | 3,520 | $101K | 6.7% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,046 | Elmwood LA | 6,077 | $89K | 7.7% | 4.8% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,318 | Westlake LA | 4,763 | $68K | 12.1% | 0.0% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,165 | Samoset FL | 5,284 | $52K | 20.9% | 9.0% | 1% | C− |
| 3,166 | Fort McKinley OH | 3,508 | $46K | 21.4% | 10.2% | 1% | C− |
| 3,167 | Haughton LA | 4,828 | $52K | 15.6% | 7.5% | 4% | C− |
| 3,168 | Richland Township OH | 3,493 | $52K | 22.4% | 4.0% | 10% | C− |
| 3,169 | Rutherfordton NC | 3,723 | $59K | 12.7% | 7.3% | 10% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Haughton, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
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 Haughton: questions
What is the median household income in Haughton?
$51,932 (±$18,170) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Haughton?
15.6%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Haughton?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Haughton work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shreveport (34%, 17 mi), Bossier City (21%, 9 mi), Benton (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Haughton walkable?
Haughton is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Haughton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Haughton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Haughton
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.