Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY-SA 3.0Triumph has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Louisiana has 8%. Employers in Triumph report 18 jobs, and 82 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Triumph itself; outside it, Port Sulphur draws the most (13%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Triumph
On a workday 82 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 56 people are in Triumph on a workday afternoon, 53% 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.
Where the trip to work from Triumph ends
Where Triumph clocks in
13% of workers
11% 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.
What Triumph’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Triumph, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 18. 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 Triumph’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Triumph
of Triumph workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9 commuters (the 0% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Triumph
About 56% 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.
Work in the towns next to Triumph
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Triumph workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triumph | – | — | — | — | — |
| Boothville | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Buras | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Boothville and Buras: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Triumph’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 Triumph: questions
What is the poverty rate in Triumph?
87.5%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Triumph work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Port Sulphur (13%, 20 mi), Belle Chasse (11%, 48 mi), New Orleans (9%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Triumph without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Triumph, from the people who make the trip.
More of Triumph
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.