Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Lebeau
Lebeau has 34 jobs for 30 working residents. 19% of workers work from home; Louisiana has 8%. Hardly any work in Lebeau; the top destination outside it is Opelousas (17%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 30 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 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 Lebeau’s working residents head each day
Where Lebeau clocks in
17% of workers
10% 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.
Jobs in Lebeau: what the 34 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lebeau, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 34. 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 Lebeau’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Lebeau
of Lebeau workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34 commuters (the 19% 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 far Lebeau’s workers travel
About 30% 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 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 Lebeau: questions
What is the median household income in Lebeau?
$15,313 (±$7,791) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lebeau?
27.0%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lebeau work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Opelousas (17%, 16 mi), Lafayette (10%, 36 mi), Arnaudville (7%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lebeau 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 Lebeau, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lebeau
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.