Photo: Infrogmation · CC BY 2.5Jobs and the daily commute in Madisonville
Only 1% work in Madisonville itself; outside it, Covington draws the most (14%, 6 miles). Working residents average 31 minutes each way (Louisiana 26, U.S. 26). Madisonville has 495 jobs, against 352 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Madisonville
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Madisonville’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 31 minutes, longer than the Louisiana average of 26. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Madisonville
67% of Madisonville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Madisonville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
36% of the jobs based in Madisonville are held by workers 29 or younger, against 18% of Madisonville’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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 352 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The trip to work from Madisonville: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Madisonville workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 391 commuters (the 11% 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.
The kinds of work in Madisonville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madisonville, 2013 → 2023: 346 → 495. 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 Madisonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Madisonville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 347 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 490 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Madisonville on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 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.
Out of Madisonville to work: where people go
Where Madisonville clocks in
14% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Madisonville’s commute, mile by mile
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.
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 Madisonville: questions
What is the median household income in Madisonville?
$109,583 (±$40,912) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madisonville?
3.6%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madisonville?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Madisonville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Covington (14%, 6 mi), New Orleans (7%, 28 mi), Hammond (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Madisonville without a car?
0% 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 Madisonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Madisonville
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.