Moreauville High School · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 4.0Moreauville has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 2% work in Moreauville itself; outside it, Marksville draws the most (21%, 8 miles). Employers in Moreauville report 92 jobs, against 286 working residents. Working residents average 35 minutes each way (Louisiana 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Moreauville apart on work
Moreauville’s commute takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moreauville workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 285 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.
How many people are in Moreauville by day
On a workday 281 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Moreauville on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Moreauville ends
Where Moreauville clocks in
7% 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.
Jobs in Moreauville: what the 92 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moreauville, 2014 → 2024: 68 → 92. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moreauville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Moreauville, by distance
About 21% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Moreauville: questions
What is the median household income in Moreauville?
$48,850 (±$18,453) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moreauville?
22.4%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moreauville?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moreauville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marksville (21%, 8 mi), Cottonport (11%, 5 mi), Alexandria (7%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Moreauville 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 Moreauville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moreauville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.