Paradis has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
The trip to work takes 36 minutes on average, next to 26 for Louisiana and 26 for the U.S. Paradis has 172 jobs, against 475 working residents. Only 2% work in Paradis itself; outside it, Luling draws the most (16%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Paradis
About 36 minutes to work from Paradis
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Paradis workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 321 commuters (the 8% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Paradis
On a workday 465 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 162 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Paradis on a workday afternoon, 55% 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.
Where people from Paradis work
Where Paradis clocks in
9% 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.
In Paradis, 41% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paradis, 2013 → 2023: 149 → 172. 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 Paradis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Paradis
About 18% 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.
How Paradis compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Boutte (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Paradis workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paradis | – | — | — | 36 min | $61,250 |
| Des Allemands | under 2% | A | D− | 39 min | $88,390 |
| Boutte | 3% | B | B+ | 28 min | $68,220 |
| Bayou Gauche | under 2% | A+ | D− | 24 min | $162,951 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Paradis’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 Paradis: questions
What is the median household income in Paradis?
$61,250 (±$30,835) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paradis?
9.4%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Paradis?
36 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Paradis work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Luling (16%, 6 mi), Hahnville (9%, 7 mi), Metairie (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Paradis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Paradis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paradis
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.