Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Sarepta commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Sarepta has 55 jobs for 262 working residents. Hardly any work in Sarepta itself; outside it, Minden draws the most (15%, 22 miles). The trip to work takes 31 minutes on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Sarepta
Sarepta is a place people come home to
There are 55 jobs based in Sarepta, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sarepta has about 460 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Sarepta workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Louisiana. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 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 262 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Sarepta by day
On a workday 261 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Sarepta on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
From Sarepta, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sarepta workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 278 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.
The towns that employ Sarepta’s residents
Where Sarepta clocks in
15% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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 Sarepta
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sarepta, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 55. 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 Sarepta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Sarepta goes to work
About 19% 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 Sarepta: questions
What is the median household income in Sarepta?
$56,136 (±$12,079) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sarepta?
15.6%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sarepta?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sarepta work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minden (15%, 22 mi), Springhill (11%, 7 mi), Shreveport (11%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sarepta 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 Sarepta, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sarepta
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.