Photo: Richard David Ramsey · Public domainNatalbany ranks among the lowest-earning U.S. towns by household income
Household incomes here are among the lowest in the country. Below the poverty line: 40.8% of residents, where Louisiana as a whole has 18.9%. For jobs and income Natalbany is better than 9% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Natalbany in brief
Inside Natalbany’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Natalbany’s grade up (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Natalbany could be anywhere from D to C+.
23% of working residents work in Hammond
Where Natalbany clocks in
23% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Natalbany
On a workday 798 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 276 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Natalbany on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.35 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.
What Natalbany’s employers do
283 jobs are based in Natalbany.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Natalbany, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 283. 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 Natalbany’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Natalbany’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Natalbany workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,070 commuters (the 0% 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 far Natalbany goes to work
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 Natalbany, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Louisiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,070 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). 5.8% of Natalbany households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Natalbany’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,609th of 5,207: where Natalbany ranks among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 283 | Montz LA | 2,074 | $92K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 434 | Des Allemands LA | 2,382 | $88K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,607 | London CA | 1,800 | $49K | 44.4% | 12.4% | 1% | D |
| 4,608 | Tropical Park FL | 2,355 | $36K | 38.0% | 3.4% | 2% | D |
| 4,609 | Natalbany LA | 2,416 | $32K | 40.8% | 8.8% | 1% | D |
| 4,610 | La Plata NM | 2,233 | $57K | 35.7% | 8.5% | 3% | D |
| 4,611 | Peaceful Valley WA | 2,858 | $60K | 17.1% | 6.2% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Natalbany, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
Work next door: 23% of Natalbany’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Hammond. Darker towns draw more of Natalbany’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 Natalbany: questions
What is the median household income in Natalbany?
$32,483 (±$17,121) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Natalbany?
40.8%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Natalbany?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Natalbany work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hammond (23%, 4 mi), Amite City (7%, 13 mi), Baton Rouge (6%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Natalbany walkable?
Natalbany is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Natalbany 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 Natalbany, from the people who make the trip.
More of Natalbany
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.