St. Patrick's Church · Photo: Baronplantagenet at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Woodmere has higher unemployment (9.6%) than 93% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average; Louisiana averages 26, the U.S. 26. Jobs and income earn Woodmere C+; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 2% work in Woodmere itself; outside it, New Orleans draws the most (33%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Woodmere in brief
Woodmere and New Orleans trade workers both ways
New Orleans is the top workplace for Woodmere residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Woodmere come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Woodmere’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 29 minutes, longer than the Louisiana average of 26. Time on the road ↓
Woodmere is a place people come home to
There are 1,168 jobs based in Woodmere, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Woodmere has about 8,500 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Woodmere residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Woodmere’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Woodmere is better than 36% of U.S. towns, #60 of 161 in Louisiana. Job access by car holds Woodmere’s grade up (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Woodmere could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Where people from Woodmere work
Where Woodmere clocks in
33% of workers
9% 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.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Woodmere
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woodmere workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,417 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.
Woodmere on a workday afternoon
On a workday 4,465 residents head out to work, 78 work right here, and 1,090 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,500 people are in Woodmere on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.26 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.
How far it is to work from Woodmere
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 Woodmere’s employers do
1,168 jobs are based in Woodmere.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woodmere, 2013 → 2023: 1,010 → 1,168. 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 Woodmere’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Woodmere: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Woodmere is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #107 of 161 in Louisiana. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.3% across Louisiana, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,745 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.9% of Woodmere households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Woodmere’s commuters take a bus or train.
Woodmere places 1,979th of 2,695 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 366 | Belle Chasse LA | 10,934 | $115K | 6.1% | 2.5% | 16% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 765 | Mandeville LA | 12,918 | $94K | 7.1% | 2.9% | 16% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 891 | Moss Bluff LA | 12,482 | $92K | 8.9% | 1.1% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,977 | Liberty Township MO | 14,741 | $58K | 14.0% | 2.5% | 36% | C+ |
| 1,978 | Houghton MI | 8,560 | $43K | 40.1% | 10.3% | 41% | C+ |
| 1,979 | Woodmere LA | 11,879 | $76K | 18.2% | 9.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,980 | Tremonton UT | 12,934 | $75K | 10.2% | 5.6% | 18% | C+ |
| 1,981 | Port Huron Township MI | 10,665 | $62K | 16.5% | 3.8% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Woodmere, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
The towns around Woodmere
The biggest share goes to Harvey (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Woodmere workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodmere | – | C+ | C+ | 29 min | $75,828 |
| Belle Chasse | under 2% | A | C+ | 26 min | $115,012 |
| Estelle | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 27 min | $78,869 |
| Harvey | 5% | C− | A | 29 min | $48,774 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Woodmere’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 Woodmere: questions
What is the median household income in Woodmere?
$75,828 (±$10,324) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Woodmere?
18.2%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woodmere?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Woodmere work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Orleans (33%, 17 mi), Metairie (9%, 12 mi), Marrero (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Woodmere walkable?
Woodmere is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Woodmere without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Woodmere, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woodmere
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.