G.W. Nesom House · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Tickfaw works elsewhere
Working residents average 28 minutes each way, where Louisiana has 26 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Tickfaw report 39 jobs, and 220 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Tickfaw itself; outside it, Hammond draws the most (22%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Tickfaw
Tickfaw quiets down on a workday
On a workday 220 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Tickfaw on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer 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 out of Tickfaw: the destinations
Where Tickfaw clocks in
22% of workers
13% of workers
5% 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: 33% of jobs based in Tickfaw
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tickfaw, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 39. 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 Tickfaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Tickfaw takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tickfaw workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 338 commuters (the 7% 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 it is to work from Tickfaw
About 15% 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.
The towns around Tickfaw
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Tickfaw’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 Tickfaw: questions
What is the median household income in Tickfaw?
$54,125 (±$14,608) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tickfaw?
20.7%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tickfaw?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tickfaw work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hammond (22%, 5 mi), Amite City (13%, 11 mi), New Orleans (5%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tickfaw without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tickfaw, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tickfaw
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.