Households in Iota earn less than those in 96% of U.S. towns
Iota grades D for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 32.0% of residents live below the poverty line, against 18.9% across Louisiana. Only 3% stay in Iota for work; outside it, Crowley is the main destination (15%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Iota, in brief
Iota is a place people come home to
There are 93 jobs based in Iota, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Iota has about 920 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Iota workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 427 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Iota’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Iota is better than 7% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Iota’s grade up (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (4.3%) is left out: Iota’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Iota could be anywhere from D to C.
Who leaves Iota for work, and who comes in
On a workday 414 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 920 people are in Iota on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Iota, about 40 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Iota workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 527 commuters (the 13% 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 towns that employ Iota’s residents
Where Iota clocks in
15% of workers
14% 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.
Inside Iota’s 93 jobs
93 jobs are based in Iota.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Iota, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 93. 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 Iota’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Iota works
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.
Most trips from Iota start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Iota is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Louisiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 608 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). 11.1% of Iota households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Iota’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Iota ranks: 4,226th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 434 | Sorrento LA | 1,622 | $118K | 8.5% | 3.2% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 557 | Lockport Heights LA | 1,481 | $126K | 7.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 803 | Mathews LA | 1,598 | $87K | 6.0% | 1.6% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,224 | Nunda Township MI | 1,210 | $59K | 18.9% | 9.6% | 2% | D |
| 4,225 | Mountain Road VA | 1,574 | $41K | 14.1% | 0.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,226 | Iota LA | 1,253 | $41K | 32.0% | 4.3% | 3% | D |
| 4,227 | Princeville NC | 1,286 | $46K | 36.2% | 8.7% | 1% | D |
| 4,228 | McConnelsville OH | 1,637 | $50K | 16.6% | 1.9% | 13% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Iota, 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 Iota: questions
What is the median household income in Iota?
$40,833 (±$20,017) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Iota?
32.0%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Iota?
40 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Iota work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crowley (15%, 10 mi), Lafayette (14%, 29 mi), Jennings (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Iota walkable?
Iota is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Iota 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 Iota, from the people who make the trip.
More of Iota
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.