Household incomes in Rosepine trail those of 73% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Rosepine is better than 28% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (C−). 9.5% of residents live below the poverty line; Louisiana has 18.9%. Only 3% stay in Rosepine for work; outside it, DeRidder is the main destination (25%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Rosepine
Rosepine and DeRidder trade workers both ways
DeRidder is the top workplace for Rosepine residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Rosepine come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Rosepine
60% of Rosepine residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Rosepine pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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 476 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Rosepine’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Rosepine’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Rosepine’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rosepine could be anywhere from D to B−.
Out of Rosepine to work: where people go
Where Rosepine clocks in
Lines 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.
Rosepine’s commute, mile by mile
About 31% 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.
Jobs in Rosepine: what the 316 are
316 jobs are based in Rosepine.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rosepine, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 316. 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 Rosepine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Rosepine for work, and who comes in
On a workday 463 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 303 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Rosepine on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Rosepine: about 30 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rosepine workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 691 commuters (the 4% 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.
Most trips from Rosepine start in a car
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 722 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). 6.9% of Rosepine households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rosepine’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,789th of 6,308: where Rosepine ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 383 | Paulina LA | 1,785 | $89K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 592 | Sorrento LA | 1,622 | $118K | 8.5% | 3.2% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,787 | Black Brook NY | 1,417 | $68K | 7.5% | 4.5% | 1% | C |
| 3,788 | Port Edwards WI | 1,358 | $81K | 14.4% | 1.3% | 2% | C |
| 3,789 | Rosepine LA | 1,454 | $61K | 9.5% | 0.0% | 3% | C |
| 3,790 | Ridgely MD | 1,630 | $62K | 12.8% | 10.8% | 3% | C |
| 3,791 | Langley WA | 1,129 | $77K | 10.4% | 4.2% | 11% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Rosepine, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
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 Rosepine: questions
What is the median household income in Rosepine?
$60,625 (±$7,978) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rosepine?
9.5%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rosepine?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rosepine work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are DeRidder (25%, 6 mi), Leesville (13%, 15 mi), Lake Charles (4%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rosepine walkable?
Rosepine is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rosepine 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 Rosepine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rosepine
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.