Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY 2.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Pointe a la Hache works elsewhere
0% of workers work from home; Louisiana has 8%. Pointe a la Hache has 7 jobs for 46 working residents. Only 2% work in Pointe a la Hache; the top destination outside it is New Orleans (13%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Pointe a la Hache on a workday
On a workday 45 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Pointe a la Hache on a workday afternoon, 14% 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.
The places Pointe a la Hache commutes to
Where Pointe a la Hache clocks in
13% of workers
13% of workers
11% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Pointe a la Hache
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pointe a la Hache, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 7. 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 Pointe a la Hache’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Pointe a la Hache
of Pointe a la Hache workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 182 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 Pointe a la Hache goes to work
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.
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 Pointe a la Hache: questions
What is the poverty rate in Pointe a la Hache?
92.4%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pointe a la Hache work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Orleans (13%, 34 mi), Port Sulphur (13%, 5 mi), Metairie (11%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pointe a la Hache 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 Pointe a la Hache, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pointe a la Hache
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.