Unemployment in New Llano (15.5%) is among the highest in the country
Working residents average 16 minutes each way, where Louisiana has 26 and the U.S. 26. For jobs and income New Llano is better than 5% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (B−). Measured by household income, New Llano is behind 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
New Llano at work: what stands out
A big share show a job far from home
42% 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 New Llano are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 26 across Louisiana. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Louisiana worker. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in New Llano pay little
28% of the jobs based in New Llano pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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 728 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in New Llano: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds New Llano’s grade up (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, New Llano could be anywhere from D− to D.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from New Llano
About 42% 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 16 minutes from New Llano
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Llano workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 915 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.
The kinds of work in New Llano
316 jobs are based in New Llano.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Llano, 2013 → 2023: 358 → 316. 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 New Llano’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of New Llano
On a workday 706 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 294 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in New Llano on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.43 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.
23% of working residents work in Leesville
Where New Llano 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.
Driving is how New Llano gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Louisiana, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 940 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 New Llano households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of New Llano’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where New Llano sits among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 266 | Montz LA | 2,074 | $92K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 416 | Des Allemands LA | 2,382 | $88K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,036 | Clayton GA | 2,089 | $57K | 20.8% | 1.2% | 18% | D |
| 5,037 | Loogootee IN | 2,633 | $50K | 26.4% | 8.5% | 16% | D |
| 5,038 | New Llano LA | 2,015 | $52K | 20.8% | 15.5% | 3% | D |
| 5,039 | Charlevoix MI | 2,325 | $48K | 24.8% | 7.1% | 29% | D |
| 5,040 | Itta Bena MS | 1,482 | $36K | 20.1% | 22.7% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | 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 New Llano, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
23% of New Llano works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Leesville. Darker towns draw more of New Llano’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 New Llano: questions
What is the median household income in New Llano?
$52,135 (±$5,492) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Llano?
20.8%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Llano?
16 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Llano work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Leesville (23%, 3 mi), Lafayette (4%, 96 mi), Lake Charles (4%, 63 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is New Llano walkable?
New Llano is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Llano without a car?
1% 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 New Llano, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Llano
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.