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Jobs & commute in Lemannville

Lemannville has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Home is the office for 0% of workers (Louisiana 8%). Employers in Lemannville report 70 jobs, and 247 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Lemannville itself; outside it, Baton Rouge draws the most (11%, 26 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

What the numbers say about work in Lemannville

Lemannville’s biggest commute is a long one

The top workplace outside Lemannville is Baton Rouge, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (27) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓

Lemannville is a place people come home to

There are 70 jobs based in Lemannville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓

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 247 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · How far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lemannville

10 mi25 mi50 mi75 miBaton Rouge: 11% · 26.5 miDonaldsonville: 9% · 3.9 miGonzales: 8% · 7.7 miNew Orleans: 4% · 59.5 miPrairieville: 4% · 14.8 miThibodaux: 2% · 22.2 miHammond: 2% · 39.8 miLafayette: 2% · 66.2 miReserve: 2% · 22.4 miBaton Rouge 11%Donaldsonville 9%Gonzales 8%New Orleans 4%Prairieville 4%Lemannville
LemannvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
28%Under 10 mi70 residents
30%10–24 mi75 residents
26%25–50 mi63 residents
15%Over 50 mi38 residents

About 15% 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.

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Lemannville

On a workday 243 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.

243live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
66work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night840
Workday660
840live here− 240head out to work+ 66come in to work= 660on a workday

About 660 people are in Lemannville on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.28jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where the trip to work from Lemannville ends

LoxleyFountain HillNapoleonvilleLutcherDonaldsonville: 23 residents work here (9%)Thibodaux: 4 residents work here (2%)FranklinOpelousasGonzales: 19 residents work here (8%)Hammond: 4 residents work here (2%)New Orleans: 11 residents work here (4%)Lafayette: 4 residents work here (2%)Baton Rouge: 27 residents work here (11%)LemannvilleSouth VacherieSt. JamesUnionReserve: 4 residents work here (2%)Prairieville: 9 residents work here (4%)Baton RougeDonaldsonvilleGonzalesNew OrleansPrairievilleThibodauxLemannville
1
Baton Rouge26.5 mi away
11%27
2
Donaldsonville3.9 mi away
9%23
3
Gonzales7.7 mi away
8%19
4
New Orleans59.5 mi away
4%11
5
Prairieville14.8 mi away
4%9
6
Thibodaux22.2 mi away
2%4
7
Hammond39.8 mi away
2%4
8
Lafayette66.2 mi away
2%4
9
Lemannville (in town)right here
2%4
10
Reserve22.4 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
56%138
The top trips

Where Lemannville clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Jobs in Lemannville: what the 70 are

Jobs based in LemannvilleJobs Lemannville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms24%26%
Trade, transport & utilities27%25%
Services: health, schools, offices49%49%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less30%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%39%
Over $3,333 a month36%45%

Who does it

29 or younger21%22%
30 to 5441%53%
55 and older37%24%
−44%

Jobs based in Lemannville, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 70. 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 Lemannville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Lemannville

Working from home
0%

of Lemannville workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Lemannville gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 42 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.

Next door

Lemannville and the towns next door

Union: few work hereUnionLemannville
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownLemannville workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Lemannville–———$16,947
Unionunder 2%——22 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Union: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Lemannville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Lemannville: questions

What is the median household income in Lemannville?

$16,947 (±$6,869) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Lemannville?

75.1%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Lemannville work?

2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baton Rouge (11%, 26 mi), Donaldsonville (9%, 4 mi), Gonzales (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Lemannville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 64% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Lemannville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Lemannville

Lemannville home →

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.