Leonville has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 2% of workers, the job is at home, next to 8% for Louisiana as a whole. Leonville has 37 jobs, against 358 working residents. Hardly any work in Leonville; the top destination outside it is Lafayette (20%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Leonville apart on work
Leonville is a place people come home to
There are 37 jobs based in Leonville, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Leonville has about 550 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Leonville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 358 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Leonville by day
On a workday 358 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Leonville on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Leonville’s commute takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leonville workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 393 commuters (the 2% 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.
Out of Leonville to work: where people go
Where Leonville clocks in
20% of workers
18% 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.
What Leonville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leonville, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 37. 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 Leonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Leonville
About 27% 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 Leonville: questions
What is the median household income in Leonville?
$43,015 (±$22,072) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leonville?
15.5%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leonville?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leonville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (20%, 18 mi), Opelousas (18%, 7 mi), Baton Rouge (3%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Leonville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leonville
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.