Household incomes in Ossun are lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
For 20% of workers, the job is at home, next to 8% for Louisiana as a whole. Below the poverty line: 24.6% of residents (Louisiana 18.9%). Jobs and income earn Ossun 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
Work and commuting in Ossun, in brief
41% of Ossun works in Lafayette
334 working residents, 41%, have their main job in Lafayette, 7 miles away. That’s 41 times as many as work in Ossun itself. The commute map ↓
Ossun is a place people come home to
There are 214 jobs based in Ossun, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ossun has about 1,700 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Ossun
20% of Ossun workers work from home, against 8% across Louisiana. 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 816 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Ossun’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ossun is better than 13% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Ossun’s grade up (ahead of 70% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($40,810, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ossun could be anywhere from D to B−.
41% of working residents work in Lafayette
Where Ossun clocks in
41% of workers
5% of workers
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.
The daily flow of workers through Ossun
On a workday 811 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 209 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Ossun on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.26 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.
From Ossun, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ossun workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 840 commuters (the 20% 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.
In Ossun, 41% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
214 jobs are based in Ossun.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ossun, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 214. 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 Ossun’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Ossun
About 23% 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.
Getting around Ossun: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ossun is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Ossun 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 1,044 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). 22.7% of Ossun households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ossun’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Ossun is 4,419th among 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 274 | Montz LA | 2,074 | $92K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 420 | Des Allemands LA | 2,382 | $88K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,417 | Daingerfield TX | 2,539 | $58K | 17.5% | 7.1% | 13% | D |
| 4,418 | Tawas Township MI | 1,737 | $60K | 12.5% | 3.4% | 10% | D |
| 4,419 | Ossun LA | 2,271 | $41K | 24.6% | 9.6% | 1% | D |
| 4,420 | Havana FL | 1,759 | $61K | 22.0% | 3.7% | 5% | D |
| 4,421 | Hartford MI | 2,448 | $42K | 16.3% | 8.3% | 9% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | 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 Ossun, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
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 Ossun: questions
What is the median household income in Ossun?
$40,810 (±$4,506) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ossun?
24.6%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ossun?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ossun work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (41%, 7 mi), Scott (5%, 3 mi), Baton Rouge (4%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ossun walkable?
Ossun is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ossun without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 23% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ossun, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ossun
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.