Photo: Jackx3 at en.wikipedia · Public domainPlaquemine at work: jobs, income and the commute
The average commute takes 24 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. Jobs and income earn Plaquemine B−; getting around on foot earns it A. About one in ten stay in Plaquemine for work; outside it, Baton Rouge is the main destination (22%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Plaquemine
Plaquemine’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Plaquemine is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #38 of 161 in Louisiana. Job access by car holds Plaquemine’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Plaquemine could be anywhere from C− to A.
What Plaquemine’s employers do
2,084 jobs are based in Plaquemine.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plaquemine, 2013 → 2023: 2,782 → 2,084. 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 Plaquemine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Plaquemine on a workday
On a workday 2,299 residents head out to work, 250 work right here, and 1,834 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Plaquemine’s residents
Where Plaquemine clocks in
22% of workers
2% of workers
2% 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.
Plaquemine’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plaquemine workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,596 commuters (the 6% 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 distance from Plaquemine 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 Plaquemine, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Plaquemine is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns, #11 of 161 in Louisiana. Both inputs place Plaquemine 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 2,749 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). 5.2% of Plaquemine households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Plaquemine’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Plaquemine ranks: 1,830th of 3,494 U.S. towns of 4,100 to 8,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 183 | Addis LA | 7,679 | $108K | 3.2% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,022 | Elmwood LA | 6,077 | $89K | 7.7% | 4.8% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,281 | Westlake LA | 4,763 | $68K | 12.1% | 0.0% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,828 | Jessup PA | 4,506 | $65K | 18.1% | 2.0% | 8% | B− |
| 1,829 | Quincy Township MI | 4,140 | $70K | 9.3% | 2.4% | 9% | B− |
| 1,830 | Plaquemine LA | 5,891 | $69K | 12.7% | 3.8% | 10% | B− |
| 1,831 | Winthrop ME | 6,158 | $86K | 12.9% | 3.1% | 13% | B− |
| 1,832 | German Township OH | 6,434 | $76K | 9.7% | 3.6% | 37% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,494 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Plaquemine, 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 Plaquemine: questions
What is the median household income in Plaquemine?
$69,366 (±$17,145) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plaquemine?
12.7%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plaquemine?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Plaquemine work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baton Rouge (22%, 13 mi), Lafayette (2%, 47 mi), Prairieville (2%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Plaquemine walkable?
Plaquemine is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Plaquemine without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Plaquemine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plaquemine
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.