Photo: Billy Hathorn at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and earnings in Mangham, and the trip to work
325 jobs are based in Mangham, and 219 of its residents work somewhere. Only 6% work in Mangham itself; outside it, Monroe draws the most (14%, 23 miles). A typical one-way commute from Mangham lasts 26 minutes (Louisiana 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Mangham
Mangham’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mangham is Monroe, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (31) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Many jobs in Mangham pay little
30% of the jobs based in Mangham pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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 219 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Mangham’s commute, mile by mile
About 23% 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.
The kinds of work in Mangham
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mangham, 2013 → 2023: 308 → 325. 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 Mangham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Mangham
On a workday 206 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 312 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Mangham on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 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 Mangham to work: where people go
Where Mangham clocks in
14% of workers
12% of workers
8% 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.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Mangham
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mangham workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 204 commuters (the 7% 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.
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 Mangham: questions
What is the median household income in Mangham?
$42,763 (±$14,668) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mangham?
30.4%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mangham?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mangham work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monroe (14%, 23 mi), Rayville (12%, 11 mi), Winnsboro (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mangham without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mangham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mangham
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.