Photo: Magnolia677 · CC BY 4.0Louise has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Hardly any stay in Louise for work; outside it, Belzoni is the main destination (14%, 15 miles). Louise has 29 jobs, and 64 of its residents work somewhere. 0% of workers have no commute at all, where Mississippi as a whole has 6%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Louise
On a workday 64 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Louise on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 Louise goes to work
Where Louise clocks in
14% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
69% of the jobs in Louise make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Louise’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Louise
of Louise workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 72 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Mississippi: 87% 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.
Louise’s commute, mile by mile
About 28% 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 Louise: questions
What is the median household income in Louise?
$22,379 (±$12,420) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Louise?
55.6%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Louise work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Belzoni (14%, 15 mi), Indianola (9%, 32 mi), Greenwood (8%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Louise without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 34% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Louise, from the people who make the trip.
More of Louise
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.