With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Killian works elsewhere
80 jobs are based in Killian for 519 working residents. The two grades for Killian are C for jobs and income and D for walkability. 18% of workers work from home, next to 8% for Louisiana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Killian apart
Killian workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 51 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana. Over a year that’s about 391 hours of commuting, 192 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Killian is a place people come home to
There are 80 jobs based in Killian, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Killian has about 820 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Killian’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Killian is Baton Rouge, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (64) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 519 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Killian’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Killian is better than 33% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Killian’s grade.
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: Killian’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, Killian could be anywhere from D to B+.
Each way, about 51 minutes from Killian
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Killian workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 548 commuters (the 18% 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.
Who commutes out of Killian, and who commutes in
On a workday 504 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Killian on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 far it is to work from Killian
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.
12% of working residents work in Baton Rouge
Where Killian clocks in
12% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 63% of work in Killian
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Killian, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 80. 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 Killian’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Killian, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Killian is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Louisiana, on an EPA index of 3.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 668 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). 1.1% of Killian households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Killian’s commuters take a bus or train.
Killian next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700: 2,566th of 4,866 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,564 | Churchill Township MI | 1,569 | $66K | 5.7% | 4.1% | 7% | C |
| 2,565 | Bushyhead OK | 1,289 | $59K | 9.6% | 8.9% | <1% | C |
| 2,566 | Killian LA | 1,260 | $68K | 13.2% | 3.4% | 3% | C |
| 2,567 | Red Lake Falls MN | 1,348 | $64K | 5.9% | 1.9% | 28% | C |
| 2,568 | Claycomo MO | 1,362 | $49K | 19.8% | 6.9% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Killian, 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 Killian: questions
What is the median household income in Killian?
$67,634 (±$16,996) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Killian?
13.2%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Killian?
51 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Killian work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baton Rouge (12%, 33 mi), Hammond (12%, 13 mi), Livingston (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Killian walkable?
Killian is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Killian without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Killian, from the people who make the trip.
More of Killian
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.