Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Port Vincent works elsewhere
A typical one-way commute lasts 30 minutes (Louisiana 26, U.S. 26). Employers in Port Vincent report 135 jobs, against 282 working residents. Hardly any work in Port Vincent itself; outside it, St. George draws the most (14%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Port Vincent
On a workday 280 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Port Vincent on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Port Vincent: the destinations
Where Port Vincent clocks in
13% of workers
5% 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 kinds of work in Port Vincent
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Port Vincent, 2014 → 2024: 70 → 135. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Port Vincent’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Port Vincent, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Port Vincent workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 308 commuters (the 5% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Port Vincent
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
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 2024, 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 Port Vincent: questions
What is the median household income in Port Vincent?
$61,250 (±$36,384) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Port Vincent?
15.2%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Port Vincent?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Port Vincent work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. George (14%, 12 mi), Baton Rouge (13%, 19 mi), Gonzales (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Port Vincent without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Port Vincent, from the people who make the trip.
More of Port Vincent
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.