Photo: D. McGrath from Lafayette, LA, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0More people are out of work in St. Gabriel (8.3%) than in 89% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 23 minutes each way (Louisiana 26, U.S. 26). St. Gabriel grades C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. About one in ten stay in St. Gabriel for work; outside it, Baton Rouge is the main destination (29%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
St. Gabriel and work: the main findings
The jobs in St. Gabriel pay better than its residents’ jobs
86% of the jobs based in St. Gabriel pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 58% of the jobs St. Gabriel residents hold. 95% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside St. Gabriel. The jobs ↓
St. Gabriel is where the jobs are
St. Gabriel has 3,318 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
St. Gabriel makes and builds things
49% of the jobs based in St. Gabriel are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs St. Gabriel residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
St. Gabriel and Baton Rouge trade workers both ways
Baton Rouge is the top workplace for St. Gabriel residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in St. Gabriel come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Jobs & income in St. Gabriel: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, St. Gabriel is better than 34% of U.S. towns, #61 of 161 in Louisiana. Job access by car holds St. Gabriel’s grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Gabriel could be anywhere from D to A−.
In St. Gabriel, 49% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
3,318 jobs are based in St. Gabriel.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Gabriel, 2013 → 2023: 3,455 → 3,318. 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 St. Gabriel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in St. Gabriel by day
On a workday 1,716 residents head out to work, 167 work right here, and 3,151 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,400 people are in St. Gabriel on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where the people who work in St. Gabriel live
Where St. Gabriel clocks in
29% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
Getting to work from St. Gabriel takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Gabriel workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,205 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.
How many miles St. Gabriel commutes
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.
For most of St. Gabriel, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Gabriel is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns, #133 of 161 in Louisiana. Both inputs place St. Gabriel 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 2,464 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). 1.1% of St. Gabriel households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of St. Gabriel’s commuters take a bus or train.
How St. Gabriel ranks: 2,271st of 3,167 U.S. towns of 4,900 to 9,400
| # | 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 182 | Addis LA | 7,679 | $108K | 3.2% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 961 | Harahan LA | 8,916 | $80K | 7.5% | 3.8% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,001 | Elmwood LA | 6,077 | $89K | 7.7% | 4.8% | 13% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,269 | Kill Devil Hills NC | 7,731 | $90K | 9.1% | 7.1% | 22% | C |
| 2,270 | Batavia NY | 7,096 | $67K | 9.2% | 7.0% | 12% | C |
| 2,271 | St. Gabriel LA | 6,987 | $75K | 17.6% | 8.3% | 9% | C |
| 2,272 | Willis TX | 7,652 | $69K | 11.1% | 12.3% | 7% | C |
| 2,273 | Gardiner ME | 6,206 | $72K | 10.5% | 7.5% | 14% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,167 | 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 St. Gabriel, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
The towns around St. Gabriel
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Gabriel workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Gabriel | – | C | C− | 23 min | $74,688 |
| St. George | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Gabriel’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 St. Gabriel: questions
What is the median household income in St. Gabriel?
$74,688 (±$34,006) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Gabriel?
17.6%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Gabriel?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Gabriel work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baton Rouge (29%, 13 mi), Gonzales (3%, 11 mi), Plaquemine (2%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Gabriel walkable?
St. Gabriel is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Gabriel 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 St. Gabriel, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Gabriel
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.