Vida Shaw Bridge · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Loreauville works elsewhere
22% of workers have no commute at all (Louisiana 8%). Loreauville has 110 jobs, against 259 working residents. Only 2% work in Loreauville itself; outside it, Lafayette draws the most (21%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Loreauville, in brief
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Louisiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Loreauville workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 280 commuters (the 22% 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.
Who works in Loreauville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 255 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Loreauville on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Commuting out of Loreauville: the destinations
Where Loreauville clocks in
21% of workers
20% 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.
The kinds of work in Loreauville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loreauville, 2013 → 2023: 93 → 110. 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 Loreauville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Loreauville works
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 Loreauville: questions
What is the median household income in Loreauville?
$32,292 (±$15,999) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loreauville?
28.5%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Loreauville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Loreauville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (21%, 20 mi), New Iberia (20%, 6 mi), Broussard (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Loreauville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Loreauville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loreauville
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.