Montegut has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Montegut is behind 78% of U.S. towns. Employers in Montegut report 60 jobs, against 447 working residents. Montegut grades D for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Montegut in brief
Montegut is a place people come home to
There are 60 jobs based in Montegut, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Montegut has about 880 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Montegut workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 54 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 447 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Montegut’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Montegut is better than 9% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Montegut’s grade up (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (25.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (5.4%) is left out: Montegut’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, Montegut could be anywhere from D to C−.
Montegut quiets down on a workday
On a workday 437 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Montegut on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Commuting from Montegut: about 33 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montegut workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 352 commuters (the 3% 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.
9% of working residents work in Bayou Cane
Where Montegut clocks in
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.
What Montegut’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Montegut, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 60. 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 Montegut’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Montegut
About 24% 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.
In Montegut, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Montegut is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Louisiana, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 362 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). 6.2% of Montegut households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Montegut’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Montegut ranks 4,086th of 4,866 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 434 | Sorrento LA | 1,622 | $118K | 8.5% | 3.2% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 557 | Lockport Heights LA | 1,481 | $126K | 7.5% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 803 | Mathews LA | 1,598 | $87K | 6.0% | 1.6% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,084 | Jefferson Township IN | 1,019 | $64K | 16.8% | 1.5% | 2% | D |
| 4,085 | Italy NY | 1,078 | $59K | 15.4% | 7.2% | 1% | D |
| 4,086 | Montegut LA | 1,266 | $57K | 25.3% | 5.4% | 2% | D |
| 4,087 | White Castle LA | 1,585 | $19K | 60.4% | 23.1% | 5% | D |
| 4,088 | Fayette OH | 1,278 | $50K | 24.5% | 1.9% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Montegut, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
Work in the towns next to Montegut
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Montegut’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 Montegut: questions
What is the median household income in Montegut?
$57,076 (±$6,988) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montegut?
25.3%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montegut?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montegut work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bayou Cane (9%, 17 mi), Baton Rouge (4%, 77 mi), Galliano (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Montegut walkable?
Montegut is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Montegut without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Montegut, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montegut
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.