Turkey Creek has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Employers in Turkey Creek report 57 jobs; 112 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Turkey Creek itself; outside it, Lafayette draws the most (11%, 52 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 44 minutes, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Turkey Creek on a workday afternoon
On a workday 111 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Turkey Creek on a workday afternoon, 14% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Turkey Creek goes to work
Where Turkey Creek clocks in
11% of workers
7% 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 Turkey Creek’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Turkey Creek, 2014 → 2024: 35 → 57. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Turkey Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 44 minutes to work from Turkey Creek
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Turkey Creek workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 168 commuters (the 2% 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 many miles Turkey Creek commutes
About 46% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Turkey Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Turkey Creek?
$75,250 (±$34,212) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Turkey Creek?
17.4%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Turkey Creek?
44 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Turkey Creek work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lafayette (11%, 52 mi), Oakdale (7%, 15 mi), Ville Platte (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Turkey Creek 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 Turkey Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Turkey Creek
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.