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Jobs & commute in Siracusaville

Siracusaville has 2.3 jobs for every working resident: 258 people commute in to work

Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers (Louisiana 8%). 260 jobs are based in Siracusaville, and 113 of its residents work somewhere.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

A workday in Siracusaville: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 111 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.

111live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
258work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night520
Workday660
520live here− 110head out to work+ 260come in to work= 660on a workday

About 660 people are in Siracusaville on a workday afternoon, 29% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
2.30jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where the people who work in Siracusaville live

Patterson: 19 workers live here (7%)Morgan City: 57 workers live here (22%)Berwick: 14 workers live here (5%)Franklin: 5 workers live here (2%)KennerNew OrleansLafayetteBaton RougeSiracusavilleBayou Vista: 9 workers live here (3%)Amelia: 13 workers live here (5%)Labadieville: 8 workers live here (3%)Bayou Cane: 5 workers live here (2%)Schriever: 5 workers live here (2%)Bayou Blue: 4 workers live here (2%)Morgan CityPattersonBerwickAmeliaBayou VistaLabadievilleSiracusaville
1
Morgan City2.8 mi away
22%57
2
Patterson9.5 mi away
7%19
3
Berwick5.1 mi away
5%14
4
Amelia3 mi away
5%13
5
Bayou Vista6.9 mi away
3%9
6
Labadieville15.2 mi away
3%8
7
Franklin22.5 mi away
2%5
8
Bayou Cane24.5 mi away
2%5
9
Schriever19.2 mi away
2%5
10
Bayou Blue29.2 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%121
The top trips

Where Siracusaville 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.

The jobs

What Siracusaville’s employers do

Jobs based in SiracusavilleJobs Siracusaville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms16%25%
Trade, transport & utilities5%27%
Services: health, schools, offices79%49%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less7%25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month54%27%
Over $3,333 a month40%48%

Who does it

29 or younger15%25%
30 to 5455%57%
55 and older30%19%
−26%

Jobs based in Siracusaville, 2013 → 2023: 351 → 260. 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 Siracusaville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Siracusaville

Working from home
4%

of Siracusaville workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Siracusaville gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 147 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.

How far

How many miles Siracusaville commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMorgan City: 15% · 2.8 miBaton Rouge: 7% · 52.1 miBerwick: 4% · 5.1 miFranklin: 4% · 22.5 miLafayette: 4% · 63.6 miBayou Cane: 4% · 24.5 miKenner: 2% · 58.2 miNew Orleans: 2% · 77.2 miAmelia: 2% · 3 miMorgan City 15%Baton Rouge 7%Berwick 4%Franklin 4%Lafayette 4%Siracusaville
SiracusavilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
33%Under 10 mi37 residents
10%10–24 mi11 residents
21%25–50 mi24 residents
36%Over 50 mi41 residents

About 36% 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.

Next door

The towns next door employ 15% of Siracusaville

Jobs & commute next door

TownSiracusaville workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Siracusaville–———$78,085
Morgan City15%C−A−26 min$56,474

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Morgan City. Darker towns draw more of Siracusaville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Siracusaville: questions

What is the median household income in Siracusaville?

$78,085 (±$32,240) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Siracusaville?

0.0%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Siracusaville work?

2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morgan City (15%, 3 mi), Baton Rouge (7%, 52 mi), Berwick (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Siracusaville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Siracusaville, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Siracusaville

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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.