With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Reddell works elsewhere
Commuters spend 63 minutes getting to work on average; Louisiana averages 26, the U.S. 26. Employers in Reddell report 37 jobs, and 421 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Reddell itself; outside it, Ville Platte draws the most (8%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Reddell, in brief
Reddell workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 63 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana. Over a year that’s about 483 hours of commuting, 284 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Reddell is a place people come home to
There are 37 jobs based in Reddell, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Reddell has about 270 people in it, 59% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 421 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 63 minutes to work from Reddell
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 20.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reddell workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 264 commuters (the 9% 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.
Reddell by day and by night
On a workday 419 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Reddell on a workday afternoon, 59% 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 Reddell commutes to
Where Reddell clocks in
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.
A place that makes things: 76% of Reddell’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reddell, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 37. 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 Reddell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Reddell goes to work
About 23% 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 Reddell: questions
What is the poverty rate in Reddell?
33.1%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reddell?
63 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reddell work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ville Platte (8%, 9 mi), Mamou (8%, 2 mi), Lafayette (6%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Reddell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Reddell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reddell
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.