Minorca’s household incomes are lower than in 98% of U.S. towns
Only 7% work in Minorca itself; outside it, Natchez draws the most (20%, 6 miles). Poverty touches 31.7% of residents, against 18.9% across Louisiana. Jobs and income earn Minorca D−; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Minorca at work: what stands out
Stores, warehouses and trucking
52% of the jobs in Minorca are in trade, transport and utilities, against 24% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% 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 ↓
Commutes from Minorca are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Louisiana. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Louisiana 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 687 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Minorca’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Minorca is better than 3% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Minorca’s grade up (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($36,113, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (6.6%) is left out: Minorca’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Minorca could be anywhere from D− to D.
What work there is in Minorca: 926 jobs
926 jobs are based in Minorca.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Minorca, 2013 → 2023: 877 → 926. 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 Minorca’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Minorca, by distance
About 35% 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.
Each way, about 19 minutes from Minorca
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Minorca workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 570 commuters (the 10% 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 leaves Minorca for work, and who comes in
On a workday 639 residents head out to work, 48 work right here, and 878 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Minorca on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 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.
The places Minorca commutes to
Where Minorca clocks in
12% 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.
Most of Minorca commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Minorca is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Minorca near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 635 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.8% of Minorca households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Minorca’s commuters take a bus or train.
Minorca next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 353 | Paulina LA | 1,785 | $89K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 543 | Sorrento LA | 1,622 | $118K | 8.5% | 3.2% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 568 | Cade LA | 1,710 | $73K | 6.0% | 1.5% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,512 | Kilmarnock VA | 1,457 | $40K | 23.1% | 2.8% | 16% | D− |
| 5,513 | Osage Township MO | 1,660 | $52K | 25.5% | 6.3% | 13% | D− |
| 5,514 | Minorca LA | 1,430 | $36K | 31.7% | 6.6% | 7% | D− |
| 5,515 | Ferrum VA | 1,774 | $40K | 37.1% | 7.3% | 7% | D− |
| 5,516 | Louisville IL | 1,108 | $44K | 30.6% | 8.2% | 10% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Minorca, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
Next door is work for 12% of Minorca
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Vidalia. Darker towns draw more of Minorca’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Minorca: questions
What is the median household income in Minorca?
$36,113 (±$22,728) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Minorca?
31.7%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Minorca?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Minorca work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Natchez (20%, 6 mi), Vidalia (12%, 3 mi), Ferriday (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Minorca walkable?
Minorca is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Minorca without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Minorca, from the people who make the trip.
More of Minorca
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.