Arcola Presbyterian Church · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 3.0Roseland has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
The trip to work takes 33 minutes on average (Louisiana 26, U.S. 26). 79 jobs are based in Roseland; 337 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Roseland itself; outside it, Amite City draws the most (16%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Roseland: the figures worth knowing
Fewer jobs are based in Roseland than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Roseland fell from 313 in 2013 to 79 in 2023, −75%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Roseland is a place people come home to
There are 79 jobs based in Roseland, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Roseland has about 650 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Roseland workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 337 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What Roseland’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roseland, 2013 → 2023: 313 → 79. 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 Roseland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Roseland, and who commutes in
On a workday 332 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Roseland on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 long Roseland spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roseland workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 377 commuters (the 3% 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.
Where Roseland goes to work
Where Roseland clocks in
16% of workers
12% 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.
Half of Roseland commutes less than 22 miles
About 26% 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 Roseland: questions
What is the median household income in Roseland?
$45,856 (±$8,375) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roseland?
54.2%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roseland?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roseland work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amite City (16%, 2 mi), Hammond (12%, 18 mi), New Orleans (5%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Roseland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roseland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roseland
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.