Photo: Ktkvtsh · CC BY 4.0Households in Lakeshore earn less than those in 90% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 19 minutes each way (Louisiana 26, U.S. 26). Poverty touches 23.7% of residents (Louisiana 18.9%). The two grades for Lakeshore are C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Lakeshore stands out on work
More than half of Lakeshore works in Monroe
336 working residents, 50%, have their main job in Monroe, 2.8 miles away across the town line. That’s 25 times as many as work in Lakeshore itself. The commute map ↓
Most Lakeshore residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Many jobs in Lakeshore pay little
31% of the jobs based in Lakeshore pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 32% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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 674 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Lakeshore
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lakeshore is better than 25% of U.S. towns, #84 of 161 in Louisiana. Job access by car holds Lakeshore’s grade up (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lakeshore could be anywhere from D to B+.
50% of working residents work in Monroe
Where Lakeshore clocks in
50% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Lakeshore
About 21% 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.
What Lakeshore’s employers do
339 jobs are based in Lakeshore.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lakeshore, 2013 → 2023: 401 → 339. 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 Lakeshore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Lakeshore, and who commutes in
On a workday 661 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 326 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Lakeshore on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.50 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.
The trip to work from Lakeshore: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lakeshore workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,398 commuters (the 12% 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.
Few in Lakeshore walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lakeshore is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns, #102 of 161 in Louisiana. 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 1,594 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 Lakeshore households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lakeshore’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,334th of 4,402: where Lakeshore ranks among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 301 | Hahnville LA | 3,520 | $101K | 6.7% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 758 | South Vacherie LA | 2,954 | $81K | 3.7% | 1.6% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 921 | Greenwood LA | 3,077 | $64K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,332 | Roosevelt Gardens FL | 3,031 | $50K | 22.2% | 8.0% | <1% | C |
| 3,333 | St. James City FL | 3,412 | $69K | 9.7% | 9.1% | 21% | C |
| 3,334 | Lakeshore LA | 3,437 | $48K | 23.7% | 4.5% | 2% | C |
| 3,335 | Longview Heights WA | 4,357 | $75K | 11.2% | 9.9% | <1% | C |
| 3,336 | Greensboro GA | 3,519 | $40K | 21.7% | 0.0% | 15% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Lakeshore, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
50% of Lakeshore works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Monroe. Darker towns draw more of Lakeshore’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 Lakeshore: questions
What is the median household income in Lakeshore?
$48,214 (±$15,189) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lakeshore?
23.7%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lakeshore?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lakeshore work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monroe (50%, 3 mi), West Monroe (7%, 7 mi), Shreveport (4%, 103 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lakeshore walkable?
Lakeshore is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lakeshore without a car?
0% 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 Lakeshore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakeshore
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.