Photo: Marion Post Wolcott · Public domainSchriever has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Schriever C+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Schriever has 1,417 jobs, against 2,683 working residents. Only 5% work in Schriever itself; outside it, Thibodaux draws the most (13%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Why Schriever gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Schriever is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #53 of 161 in Louisiana. Unemployment holds Schriever’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.9%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Schriever could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Who commutes out of Schriever, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,562 residents head out to work, 121 work right here, and 1,296 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,400 people are in Schriever on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Where the trip to work from Schriever ends
Where Schriever clocks in
13% 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.
In Schriever, 33% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Schriever, 2013 → 2023: 1,455 → 1,417. 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 Schriever’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Schriever, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Schriever workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,401 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.
Where in the region Schriever works
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.
In Schriever, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Schriever is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns, #144 of 161 in Louisiana. Both inputs place Schriever near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,559 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). 7.1% of Schriever households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Schriever’s commuters take a bus or train.
Schriever next to U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,000: 2,121st of 3,201 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 176 | Addis LA | 7,679 | $108K | 3.2% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 940 | Harahan LA | 8,916 | $80K | 7.5% | 3.8% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 988 | Elmwood LA | 6,077 | $89K | 7.7% | 4.8% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,119 | Dalhart TX | 8,377 | $72K | 12.3% | 2.5% | 28% | C+ |
| 2,120 | St. Thomas Township PA | 6,027 | $74K | 7.3% | 5.9% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,121 | Schriever LA | 6,690 | $67K | 13.9% | 4.0% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,122 | Madison ME | 4,888 | $62K | 15.0% | 0.7% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,123 | Hoosick NY | 6,678 | $63K | 12.8% | 1.9% | 18% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,201 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Schriever, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
17% of Schriever works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Schriever workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schriever | – | C+ | C− | 25 min | $66,571 |
| Thibodaux | 13% | C | A | 21 min | $52,072 |
| Bayou Blue | under 2% | C− | C− | 31 min | $63,958 |
| Gray | 4% | C− | C+ | 26 min | $54,559 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Thibodaux. Darker towns draw more of Schriever’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 Schriever: questions
What is the median household income in Schriever?
$66,571 (±$10,666) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Schriever?
13.9%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Schriever?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Schriever work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thibodaux (13%, 5 mi), Bayou Cane (11%, 9 mi), Gray (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Schriever walkable?
Schriever is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Schriever 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 Schriever, from the people who make the trip.
More of Schriever
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.