Photo: Arthur Belala, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Public domainMore people are out of work in Larose (7.4%) than in 85% of U.S. towns
0% of workers work from home; Louisiana has 8%. Larose grades C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. About one in ten work in Larose itself; outside it, Galliano draws the most (14%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Larose stands out on work
Fewer jobs are based in Larose than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Larose fell from 2,888 in 2013 to 1,895 in 2023, −34%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Few Larose workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 8% across Louisiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Larose
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Larose is better than 28% of U.S. towns, #74 of 161 in Louisiana. Household income holds Larose’s grade up ($80,577, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Larose could be anywhere from D to B+.
Jobs in Larose: what the 1,895 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Larose, 2013 → 2023: 2,888 → 1,895. 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 Larose’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way for Larose’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Larose workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,297 commuters (the 0% 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.
How a workday changes Larose
On a workday 2,272 residents head out to work, 246 work right here, and 1,649 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Larose on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Larose ends
Where Larose clocks in
9% 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.
The distance from Larose to work
About 20% 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 Larose start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Larose is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns, #138 of 161 in Louisiana. Both inputs place Larose near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,297 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). 3.2% of Larose households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Larose’s commuters take a bus or train.
Larose next to U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,400: 2,597th of 3,432 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,000 | Elmwood LA | 6,077 | $89K | 7.7% | 4.8% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,248 | Westlake LA | 4,763 | $68K | 12.1% | 0.0% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,268 | Red Chute LA | 6,526 | $86K | 7.5% | 4.1% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,595 | Mira Monte CA | 6,888 | $73K | 16.3% | 6.0% | 3% | C |
| 2,596 | Penrose CO | 4,087 | $88K | 11.3% | 7.1% | 7% | C |
| 2,597 | Larose LA | 5,515 | $81K | 12.0% | 7.4% | 10% | C |
| 2,598 | Bethel AK | 6,626 | $117K | 11.6% | 8.3% | — | C |
| 2,599 | Carlinville IL | 5,465 | $58K | 20.5% | 2.4% | 31% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | 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 Larose, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
Around Larose: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Cut Off (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Larose’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 Larose: questions
What is the median household income in Larose?
$80,577 (±$15,137) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Larose?
12.0%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Larose?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Larose work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Galliano (14%, 9 mi), Thibodaux (9%, 31 mi), Cut Off (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Larose walkable?
Larose is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Larose without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Larose, from the people who make the trip.
More of Larose
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.