St. Maurice Methodist Church · Photo: Donna Fricker · Public domainSt. Maurice at work: jobs, income and the commute
Hardly any work in St. Maurice itself; outside it, Winnfield draws the most (21%, 21 miles). 0% of workers work from home, where Louisiana as a whole has 8%. No jobs are based in St. Maurice in the Census job records; 113 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of St. Maurice
On a workday 113 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in St. Maurice on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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 St. Maurice’s working residents head each day
Where St. Maurice clocks in
21% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
Working from home in St. Maurice
of St. Maurice workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 commuters (the 0% 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 St. Maurice
About 31% 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 St. Maurice: questions
What is the poverty rate in St. Maurice?
60.2%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in St. Maurice work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winnfield (21%, 21 mi), Natchitoches (8%, 10 mi), Alexandria (4%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. Maurice 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 St. Maurice, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Maurice
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.