Photo: Timothy Holdiness · CC BY-SA 4.0Monroe draws about half of Swartz’s working residents
The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average (Louisiana 26, U.S. 26). Swartz grades B− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 2% work in Swartz; the top destination outside it is Monroe (45%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Swartz: the gist
Nearly half of Swartz works in Monroe
736 working residents, 45%, have their main job in Monroe, 6.8 miles away. That’s 23 times as many as work in Swartz itself. The commute map ↓
Swartz is a place people come home to
There are 198 jobs based in Swartz, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Swartz has about 2,700 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Swartz’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Swartz is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #39 of 161 in Louisiana. Unemployment holds Swartz’s grade up (2.0%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Swartz could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Where people from Swartz work
Where Swartz clocks in
45% of workers
9% 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.
Swartz quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,617 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Swartz on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.12 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.
Jobs in Swartz: what the 198 are
198 jobs are based in Swartz.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Swartz, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 198. 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 Swartz’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Swartz
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Swartz workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,860 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 Swartz’s workers travel
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.
Driving is how Swartz gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Swartz is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns, #157 of 161 in Louisiana. Both inputs place Swartz 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 1,938 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). 1.4% of Swartz households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Swartz’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,023 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500, Swartz comes 2,037th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 295 | Hahnville LA | 3,520 | $101K | 6.7% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 756 | South Vacherie LA | 2,954 | $81K | 3.7% | 1.6% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 916 | Greenwood LA | 3,077 | $64K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,035 | Black River Falls WI | 3,555 | $67K | 9.9% | 1.4% | 29% | B− |
| 2,036 | Carroll Township PA | 5,274 | $79K | 10.3% | 5.6% | 10% | B− |
| 2,037 | Swartz LA | 4,110 | $67K | 14.6% | 2.0% | 2% | B− |
| 2,038 | Belleville MI | 3,851 | $63K | 5.5% | 9.7% | 3% | B− |
| 2,039 | Woodlawn OH | 3,928 | $75K | 15.9% | 4.8% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,023 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Swartz, 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 Swartz: questions
What is the median household income in Swartz?
$67,287 (±$11,449) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Swartz?
14.6%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Swartz?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Swartz work?
2% work in town.
Is Swartz walkable?
Swartz is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Swartz 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 Swartz, from the people who make the trip.
More of Swartz
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.