Photo: ian munroe from Steinwenden, Germany · CC BY 2.0There are 1.8 jobs in Thibodaux for every working resident, and 9,687 people commute in
11,248 jobs are based in Thibodaux for 6,407 working residents. Jobs and income earn Thibodaux C; getting around on foot earns it A. Measured by household income, Thibodaux is behind 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Thibodaux in brief
No single place dominates Thibodaux’s commute
The biggest draw, New Orleans, gets only 5% of working residents, and 51% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Thibodaux residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Thibodaux is where the jobs are
Thibodaux has 11,248 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Thibodaux draws workers from far and wide
The 11,248 jobs in Thibodaux are filled from a wide area. Thibodaux’s own residents hold 14% and the ten next-biggest home towns 26%; the other 60% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Thibodaux are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 26 across Louisiana. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Louisiana worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Where Thibodaux’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Thibodaux is better than 26% of U.S. towns, #82 of 161 in Louisiana. Job access by car holds Thibodaux’s grade up (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($52,072, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Thibodaux could be anywhere from D to B−.
The daily trip into Thibodaux
Where Thibodaux clocks in
5% 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.
Who works in Thibodaux, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 4,846 residents head out to work and 1,561 work right here.
About 20,000 people are in Thibodaux on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Getting to work from Thibodaux takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Thibodaux workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,019 commuters (the 6% 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.
Thibodaux is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Thibodaux, 2013 → 2023: 10,709 → 11,248. 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 Thibodaux’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Thibodaux
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.
Thibodaux is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Thibodaux is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns, #8 of 161 in Louisiana. Both inputs place Thibodaux 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 7,460 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). 13.4% of Thibodaux households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Thibodaux’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,109 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000, Thibodaux comes 1,753rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 486 | Youngsville LA | 19,980 | $106K | 9.1% | 1.2% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 643 | Mandeville LA | 12,918 | $94K | 7.1% | 2.9% | 16% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 755 | Moss Bluff LA | 12,482 | $92K | 8.9% | 1.1% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,751 | Minden LA | 11,103 | $34K | 26.7% | 2.7% | 34% | C |
| 1,752 | Dolton IL | 20,671 | $58K | 21.7% | 12.8% | 3% | C |
| 1,753 | Thibodaux LA | 15,573 | $52K | 19.6% | 4.3% | 24% | C |
| 1,754 | Scottsboro AL | 16,123 | $54K | 18.6% | 3.5% | 43% | C |
| 1,755 | Lincolnton NC | 12,465 | $46K | 22.7% | 3.8% | 14% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Thibodaux, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
Next door to Thibodaux
The biggest share goes to Schriever (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Thibodaux workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thibodaux | – | C | A | 21 min | $52,072 |
| Schriever | 2% | C+ | C− | 25 min | $66,571 |
| Bayou Country Club | 2% | B− | C | 28 min | $111,696 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Thibodaux’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 Thibodaux: questions
What is the median household income in Thibodaux?
$52,072 (±$5,177) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Thibodaux?
19.6%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Thibodaux?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Thibodaux work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Orleans (5%, 56 mi), Bayou Cane (4%, 12 mi), Baton Rouge (4%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Thibodaux walkable?
Thibodaux is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Thibodaux without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Thibodaux, from the people who make the trip.
More of Thibodaux
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.