Photo: Lane Lefort, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Public domainWith 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Jean Lafitte works elsewhere
Employers in Jean Lafitte report 190 jobs for 641 working residents. The two grades for Jean Lafitte are C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 7% stay in Jean Lafitte for work; outside it, New Orleans is the main destination (11%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Jean Lafitte, in a few figures
Jean Lafitte’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Jean Lafitte is New Orleans, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (71) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Jean Lafitte is a place people come home to
There are 190 jobs based in Jean Lafitte, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Jean Lafitte workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 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 641 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Jean Lafitte’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Jean Lafitte is better than 30% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Jean Lafitte’s grade.
Unemployment (16.1%) is left out: Jean Lafitte’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Jean Lafitte could be anywhere from D to B.
How far Jean Lafitte’s workers travel
About 16% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Jean Lafitte
On a workday 595 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 144 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Jean Lafitte on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
How long Jean Lafitte spends getting to work: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jean Lafitte workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 787 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 places Jean Lafitte commutes to
Where Jean Lafitte clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
What Jean Lafitte’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jean Lafitte, 2013 → 2023: 290 → 190. 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 Jean Lafitte’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Jean Lafitte is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jean Lafitte is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Louisiana, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 805 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.0% of Jean Lafitte households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jean Lafitte’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Jean Lafitte ranks: 3,423rd of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 259 | Montz LA | 2,074 | $92K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 398 | Des Allemands LA | 2,382 | $88K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,421 | Sterling GA | 2,091 | $86K | 15.4% | 5.9% | 1% | C |
| 3,422 | Creola AL | 1,963 | $67K | 18.3% | 2.5% | 2% | C |
| 3,423 | Jean Lafitte LA | 1,858 | $64K | 13.1% | 16.1% | 7% | C |
| 3,424 | Union OR | 2,118 | $65K | 18.9% | 1.7% | 8% | C |
| 3,425 | Enfield ME | 1,444 | $63K | 6.8% | 0.0% | 9% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Jean Lafitte, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
Work in the towns next to Jean Lafitte
The biggest share goes to Lafitte (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jean Lafitte workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean Lafitte | – | C | C+ | 32 min | $64,452 |
| Barataria | under 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Lafitte | 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Barataria and Lafitte: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jean Lafitte’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 Jean Lafitte: questions
What is the median household income in Jean Lafitte?
$64,452 (±$19,986) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jean Lafitte?
13.1%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jean Lafitte?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jean Lafitte work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Orleans (11%, 23 mi), Metairie (9%, 17 mi), Harvey (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Jean Lafitte walkable?
Jean Lafitte is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jean Lafitte without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jean Lafitte, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jean Lafitte
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.