Presquille has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
134 jobs are based in Presquille, against 604 working residents. Jobs and income earn Presquille A; getting around on foot earns it D. Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Presquille stands out on work
Presquille is a place people come home to
There are 134 jobs based in Presquille, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Most Presquille residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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 604 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Presquille’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Presquille is better than 88% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Presquille’s grade up (1.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 46% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (14.9%) is left out: Presquille’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Presquille could be anywhere from B to A.
How many people are in Presquille by day
On a workday 596 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Presquille on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
How far Presquille goes to work
About 16% 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.
13% of working residents work in Bayou Cane
Where Presquille clocks in
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.
What Presquille’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Presquille, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 134. 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 Presquille’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Presquille
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Presquille workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 798 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.
For most of Presquille, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Presquille is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Louisiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 798 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). 2.1% of Presquille households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Presquille’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Presquille is 444th among 5,793 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 281 | Montz LA | 2,074 | $92K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 442 | Des Allemands LA | 2,382 | $88K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| 443 | Phenix Township IL | 1,650 | $136K | 2.7% | 4.7% | 1% | A |
| 444 | Presquille LA | 2,062 | $112K | 1.1% | 14.9% | 1% | A |
| 445 | River Heights UT | 2,253 | $118K | 5.5% | 2.2% | 1% | A |
| 446 | Hartland CT | 1,928 | $113K | 4.7% | 2.4% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 472 | Paulina LA | 1,785 | $89K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | 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 Presquille, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
Work in the towns next to Presquille
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Presquille workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presquille | – | A | D | 22 min | $112,000 |
| Bourg | under 1% | C+ | C | 25 min | $69,094 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Presquille’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 Presquille: questions
What is the median household income in Presquille?
$112,000 (±$44,207) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Presquille?
1.1%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Presquille?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Presquille work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bayou Cane (13%, 8 mi), Baton Rouge (2%, 68 mi), New Orleans (2%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Presquille walkable?
Presquille is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Presquille without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Presquille, from the people who make the trip.
More of Presquille
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.