Photo: Roy Luck · CC BY 2.0A job hub: Taft has 25.5 jobs per working resident, and 815 people come in to work
Only 3% work in Taft itself; outside it, Hahnville draws the most (9%, 2 miles). Taft has 816 jobs, and 32 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Taft
On a workday 31 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 900 people are in Taft on a workday afternoon, 700% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Taft: where workers come from
Where Taft clocks in
9% 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.
Making and building: 54% of jobs based in Taft
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Taft, 2013 → 2023: 768 → 816. 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 Taft’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Taft
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.
The towns around Taft
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Hahnville. Darker towns draw more of Taft’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 Taft: questions
What is the poverty rate in Taft?
0.0%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Taft work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hahnville (9%, 2 mi), Metairie (9%, 16 mi), Luling (9%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Taft, from the people who make the trip.
More of Taft
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.