Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Wisner
About one in ten work in Wisner; the top destination outside it is Winnsboro (19%, 13 miles). 0% of workers work from home, against 8% across Louisiana. Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average; the Louisiana average is 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Wisner apart
Commuting out of Wisner: the destinations
Where Wisner clocks in
19% of workers
8% of workers
2% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Wisner
On a workday 228 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Wisner on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Wisner is a services town
166 jobs are based in Wisner.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wisner, 2013 → 2023: 185 → 166. 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 Wisner’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes to work from Wisner
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wisner workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 245 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.
Miles to work from Wisner
About 24% 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 Wisner: questions
What is the median household income in Wisner?
$41,705 (±$12,864) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wisner?
35.6%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wisner?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wisner work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winnsboro (19%, 13 mi), Monroe (8%, 45 mi), West Monroe (2%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wisner without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wisner, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wisner
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.