Photo: Djmaschek · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Louise works elsewhere
Employers in Louise report 182 jobs, against 404 working residents. Only 2% work in Louise; the top destination outside it is El Campo (21%, 10 miles). Commuters spend 36 minutes getting to work on average; the Texas average is 27, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Louise and work: the main findings
A big share show a job far from home
50% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Louise and El Campo trade workers both ways
El Campo is the top workplace for Louise residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Louise come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Louise workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 404 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Louise’s commute, mile by mile
About 50% 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.
The places Louise commutes to
Where Louise clocks in
21% of workers
16% of workers
3% 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.
About 36 minutes to work from Louise
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Louise workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 441 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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 people are in Louise by day
On a workday 397 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 175 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Louise on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
41% of the jobs in Louise make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Louise, 2013 → 2023: 263 → 182. 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 Louise’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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?
$63,750 (±$59,049) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Louise?
20.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Louise?
36 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Louise work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are El Campo (21%, 10 mi), Houston (16%, 77 mi), Austin (3%, 115 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Louise without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% 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.