Hodges Gardens · Photo: Wesley Van Mieghem · CC BY 2.0Most of Hornbeck commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 35 jobs in Hornbeck for 146 working residents. Hardly any stay in Hornbeck for work; outside it, Leesville is the main destination (32%, 14 miles). 1% of workers have no commute at all, next to 8% for Louisiana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Hornbeck on a workday
On a workday 145 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Hornbeck on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Hornbeck’s residents
Where Hornbeck 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.
What Hornbeck’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hornbeck, 2014 → 2024: 53 → 35. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hornbeck’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 34 minutes in Hornbeck
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hornbeck workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 173 commuters (the 1% 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 distance from Hornbeck to work
About 30% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Hornbeck: questions
What is the median household income in Hornbeck?
$37,462 (±$33,291) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hornbeck?
22.4%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hornbeck?
34 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hornbeck work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Leesville (32%, 14 mi), Fort Johnson South (8%, 22 mi), Fort Johnson North (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Hornbeck without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hornbeck, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hornbeck
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.