Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Hodge has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Hodge has 4 jobs; 122 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Hodge; the top destination outside it is Jonesboro (20%, 3 miles). Commuters spend 21 minutes getting to work on average; Louisiana averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Hodge by day
On a workday 122 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Hodge on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 Hodge goes to work
Where Hodge clocks in
20% of workers
14% 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.
In Hodge, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hodge, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 4. 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 Hodge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Hodge’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hodge workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 152 commuters (the 8% 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.
Hodge’s commute, mile by mile
About 24% 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 Hodge: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to East Hodge (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hodge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hodge | – | — | — | 21 min | $47,800 |
| North Hodge | under 2% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| East Hodge | 9% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. North Hodge and East Hodge: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hodge’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 Hodge: questions
What is the median household income in Hodge?
$47,800 (±$13,134) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hodge?
20.1%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hodge?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hodge work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jonesboro (20%, 3 mi), Ruston (14%, 19 mi), East Hodge (9%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hodge 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 Hodge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hodge
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.