Photo: Billy Hathorn at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Stonewall (0.4%) is lower than in 98% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 79% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Stonewall is better than 61% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 3% work in Stonewall itself; outside it, Shreveport draws the most (46%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Stonewall, in a few figures
Nearly half of Stonewall works in Shreveport
507 working residents, 46%, have their main job in Shreveport, 14 miles away. That’s 15 times as many as work in Stonewall itself. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Stonewall
64% of Stonewall residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Stonewall pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Stonewall makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Stonewall are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Stonewall residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
Stonewall has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Stonewall went from 421 in 2013 to 594 in 2023, +41%. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Stonewall are held by workers 29 or younger, against 19% of Stonewall’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Stonewall
Unemployment holds Stonewall’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($56,557, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stonewall could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Where people from Stonewall work
Where Stonewall clocks in
46% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
Stonewall works in goods: 40% of its jobs
594 jobs are based in Stonewall.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stonewall, 2013 → 2023: 421 → 594. 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 Stonewall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Stonewall quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,069 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 560 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Stonewall on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.54 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.
About 23 minutes each way, quicker than most of Louisiana
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stonewall workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,030 commuters (the 5% 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.
The distance from Stonewall to work
About 16% 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 Stonewall, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Louisiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,086 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). 5.4% of Stonewall households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stonewall’s commuters take a bus or train.
Stonewall places 1,718th of 4,969 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Bayou Gauche LA | 1,908 | $163K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 271 | Hahnville LA | 3,520 | $101K | 6.7% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 284 | Montz LA | 2,074 | $92K | 4.7% | 0.2% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,716 | Kenova WV | 2,841 | $54K | 9.0% | 0.0% | 9% | B |
| 1,717 | Newton Township MI | 2,800 | $74K | 7.5% | 3.4% | 1% | B |
| 1,718 | Stonewall LA | 2,716 | $57K | 9.7% | 0.4% | 3% | B |
| 1,719 | Brewster OH | 2,192 | $57K | 10.0% | 1.4% | 7% | B |
| 1,720 | Pleasant Valley WV | 3,457 | $68K | 9.0% | 2.2% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Stonewall, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
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 Stonewall: questions
What is the median household income in Stonewall?
$56,557 (±$7,929) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stonewall?
9.7%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stonewall?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stonewall work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shreveport (46%, 14 mi), Bossier City (9%, 20 mi), Mansfield (8%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stonewall walkable?
Stonewall is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stonewall without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stonewall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stonewall
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.