Bayou Boeuf Elementary School · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 4.0Kraemer has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Household incomes here are lower than in 85% of U.S. towns. There are 14 jobs in Kraemer, against 395 working residents. For jobs and income Kraemer is better than 10% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Kraemer
Kraemer is a place people come home to
There are 14 jobs based in Kraemer, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kraemer has about 680 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Kraemer works from home
25% of Kraemer workers work from home, against 8% across Louisiana. 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 395 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Kraemer earns its Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Kraemer’s grade up (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (11.9%) is left out: Kraemer’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, Kraemer could be anywhere from D− to C+.
In and out of Kraemer on a workday
On a workday 395 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Kraemer on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
The trip to work from Kraemer: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kraemer workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 317 commuters (the 25% 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.
20% of working residents work in Thibodaux
Where Kraemer clocks in
20% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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 71% of work in Kraemer
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kraemer, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 14. 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 Kraemer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Kraemer, by distance
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.
Few in Kraemer walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Louisiana, on an EPA index of 1.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 422 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). 0.0% of Kraemer households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Kraemer’s commuters take a bus or train.
Kraemer places 2,569th of 3,133 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 734 | Watson LA | 1,357 | $97K | 17.2% | 3.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 744 | Egan LA | 1,015 | $93K | 10.3% | 6.9% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 953 | Choudrant LA | 1,032 | $73K | 8.1% | 0.5% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,567 | Olivet TN | 1,377 | $67K | 21.0% | 0.0% | 1% | D |
| 2,568 | Loup City NE | 1,026 | $53K | 11.8% | 7.7% | 18% | D |
| 2,569 | Kraemer LA | 1,065 | $52K | 20.5% | 11.9% | 0% | D |
| 2,570 | Lawrence MI | 1,005 | $36K | 28.9% | 11.1% | 7% | D |
| 2,571 | Sweet Springs MO | 1,323 | $47K | 14.9% | 5.5% | 14% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Kraemer, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
How Kraemer compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kraemer workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraemer | – | D | D | 28 min | $51,935 |
| Choctaw | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Choctaw: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kraemer’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 Kraemer: questions
What is the median household income in Kraemer?
$51,935 (±$23,124) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kraemer?
20.5%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kraemer?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kraemer work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thibodaux (20%, 12 mi), Baton Rouge (4%, 50 mi), New Orleans (3%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kraemer walkable?
Kraemer is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 1.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kraemer without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kraemer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kraemer
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.