Burks House · Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Merryville has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 3% work in Merryville itself; outside it, DeRidder draws the most (18%, 15 miles). 81 jobs are based in Merryville; 355 of its residents have a job. At home: 2% of workers have no commute at all (Louisiana 8%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Merryville: the figures worth knowing
Merryville is a place people come home to
There are 81 jobs based in Merryville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Merryville has about 680 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Merryville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 61 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 355 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Merryville for work, and who comes in
On a workday 343 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Merryville on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Merryville’s commute, mile by mile
About 37% 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.
How long Merryville spends getting to work: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Merryville workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 391 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.
Where the trip to work from Merryville ends
Where Merryville clocks in
Lines 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 Merryville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Merryville, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 81. 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 Merryville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Merryville: questions
What is the median household income in Merryville?
$29,219 (±$19,168) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Merryville?
31.0%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Merryville?
34 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Merryville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are DeRidder (18%, 15 mi), Lake Charles (7%, 43 mi), Leesville (4%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Merryville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Merryville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Merryville
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.