With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Simpson works elsewhere
The trip to work takes 35 minutes on average (Louisiana 26, U.S. 26). Simpson has 31 jobs, and 181 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Simpson; the top destination outside it is Leesville (24%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Simpson: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 181 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Simpson 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.
The places Simpson commutes to
Where Simpson clocks in
10% 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.
What Simpson’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Simpson, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 31. 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 Simpson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 35 minutes each way for Simpson’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Simpson workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 200 commuters (the 11% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Simpson
About 32% 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 Simpson: questions
What is the median household income in Simpson?
$90,313 (±$33,665) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Simpson?
9.1%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Simpson?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Simpson work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Leesville (24%, 18 mi), Alexandria (10%, 32 mi), New Llano (3%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Simpson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Simpson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Simpson
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.