City Hotel · Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Natchitoches draws about half of Marthaville’s working residents
Employers in Marthaville report 10 jobs, and 28 of its residents work somewhere. For 46% of workers, the job is at home, next to 8% for Louisiana as a whole. Hardly any work in Marthaville itself; outside it, Natchitoches draws the most (50%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Marthaville by day
On a workday 28 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23 people are in Marthaville on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
0.36 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Marthaville work
Where Marthaville clocks in
50% of workers
4% 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.
Making and building: 40% of jobs based in Marthaville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marthaville, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 10. 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 Marthaville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Marthaville
of Marthaville workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7 commuters (the 46% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Marthaville
About 32% 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 Marthaville: questions
What is the median household income in Marthaville?
$63,750 (±$56,663) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marthaville?
7.3%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Marthaville work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Marthaville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marthaville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marthaville
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.