Photo: Billy Hathorn at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Waterproof commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
The trip to work takes 32 minutes on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 4 jobs are based in Waterproof, against 149 working residents. Hardly any stay in Waterproof for work; outside it, St. Joseph is the main destination (18%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Waterproof: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 149 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Waterproof on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
The towns that employ Waterproof’s residents
Where Waterproof clocks in
18% 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.
The kinds of work in Waterproof
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waterproof, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 4. 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 Waterproof’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes each way for Waterproof’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Waterproof workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 76 commuters (the 5% 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 Waterproof commutes
About 41% 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.
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 Waterproof: questions
What is the median household income in Waterproof?
$21,786 (±$9,727) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Waterproof?
70.7%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Waterproof?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Waterproof work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Joseph (18%, 12 mi), Tallulah (7%, 43 mi), Natchez (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Waterproof without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 29% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Waterproof, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waterproof
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.