Latest news about work in Homer, LA collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations
The most common industries in Homer are: Health care (10.4% of civilian employees), Educational services (10.3% of civilian employees), Public administration (9.5% of civilian employees). 66.9% of workers work in Claiborne Parish and 5.3% of all workers work at home. 53.6% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 21.1% less than the rate of 64.9% across the entire state of Louisiana.
Whole page based on the data from 2000 / 2022 when the population of Homer, Louisiana was 3,788 / 2,709
Most common industries
Most common industries
Industry
All
Males
Females
Health care
10.4% (130)
3.9% (24)
16.6% (106)
Educational services
10.3% (128)
6.7% (41)
13.6% (87)
Public administration
9.5% (119)
11.7% (71)
7.5% (48)
Construction
6.8% (85)
14.0% (85)
0.0% (0)
Accommodation and food services
5.6% (70)
2.5% (15)
8.6% (55)
Social assistance
4.8% (60)
0.7% (4)
8.8% (56)
Finance and insurance
4.7% (59)
2.8% (17)
6.6% (42)
Food and beverage stores
4.6% (57)
3.5% (21)
5.6% (36)
Paper
4.4% (55)
7.4% (45)
1.6% (10)
Repair and maintenance
4.2% (52)
8.6% (52)
0.0% (0)
Department and other general merchandise stores
3.8% (48)
2.0% (12)
5.6% (36)
Wood products
3.1% (39)
5.1% (31)
1.2% (8)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
2.6% (32)
4.1% (25)
1.1% (7)
Food
2.6% (32)
1.0% (6)
4.1% (26)
Truck transportation
2.5% (31)
5.1% (31)
0.0% (0)
Utilities
1.6% (20)
2.3% (14)
0.9% (6)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers
1.6% (20)
3.3% (20)
0.0% (0)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
1.5% (19)
0.7% (4)
2.3% (15)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation
1.4% (18)
1.0% (6)
1.9% (12)
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
1.4% (17)
2.8% (17)
0.0% (0)
Data processing, libraries, and other information services
1.4% (17)
2.0% (12)
0.8% (5)
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations
1.3% (16)
1.0% (6)
1.6% (10)
Transportation equipment
1.0% (12)
0.7% (4)
1.2% (8)
Plastics and rubber products
1.0% (12)
2.0% (12)
0.0% (0)
Administrative and support and waste management services
1.0% (12)
1.0% (6)
0.9% (6)
Metal and metal products
0.8% (10)
1.6% (10)
0.0% (0)
Real estate and rental and leasing
0.7% (9)
0.7% (4)
0.8% (5)
Professional, scientific, and technical services
0.7% (9)
0.7% (4)
0.8% (5)
Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores
0.6% (8)
0.0% (0)
1.2% (8)
Nonmetallic mineral products
0.6% (7)
0.0% (0)
1.1% (7)
Retail florists
0.6% (7)
0.0% (0)
1.1% (7)
Health and personal care, except drug, stores
0.5% (6)
0.0% (0)
0.9% (6)
Pharmacies and drug stores
0.5% (6)
0.0% (0)
0.9% (6)
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores
0.5% (6)
0.0% (0)
0.9% (6)
Private households
0.5% (6)
0.0% (0)
0.9% (6)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers
0.4% (5)
0.8% (5)
0.0% (0)
Personal and laundry services
0.4% (5)
0.0% (0)
0.8% (5)
Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers
0.3% (4)
0.7% (4)
0.0% (0)
Unemployment in Homer
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
2.5%Males
4.1%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
7.3%Males
6.0%Females
Unemployment by race in 2000
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
5.7%Males
Unemployment rate for Black residents
12.4%Males
25.2%Females
Time leaving home to go to work
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.:
Homer:
1.8% (14)
Louisiana:
8.2% (151,357)
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.:
Homer:
5.3% (41)
Louisiana:
5.3% (97,379)
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.:
Homer:
0.5% (4)
Louisiana:
10.6% (197,173)
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.:
Homer:
23.1% (181)
Louisiana:
10.1% (188,085)
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.:
Homer:
23.1% (181)
Louisiana:
15.8% (293,731)
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.:
Homer:
5.2% (40)
Louisiana:
11.4% (211,328)
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.:
Homer:
7.5% (58)
Louisiana:
9.1% (169,520)
8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.:
Homer:
0.8% (6)
Louisiana:
3.6% (67,322)
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.:
Homer:
17.6% (138)
Louisiana:
5.1% (94,309)
11:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.:
Homer:
0.4% (3)
Louisiana:
1.2% (21,957)
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.:
Homer:
5.2% (41)
Louisiana:
5.7% (105,836)
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.:
Homer:
8.3% (65)
Louisiana:
5.9% (108,753)
<5am:
Homer:
5.1% (62)
Louisiana:
4.7% (85,706)
5:30am:
Homer:
3.4% (42)
Louisiana:
3.7% (67,771)
6am:
Homer:
3.4% (42)
Louisiana:
5.1% (93,066)
6:30am:
Homer:
6.7% (82)
Louisiana:
9.9% (180,725)
7am:
Homer:
17.7% (216)
Louisiana:
11.4% (208,729)
7:30am:
Homer:
11.6% (141)
Louisiana:
15.7% (287,107)
8am:
Homer:
18.9% (231)
Louisiana:
15.5% (283,342)
8:30am:
Homer:
10.0% (122)
Louisiana:
9.0% (164,858)
9am:
Homer:
3.0% (36)
Louisiana:
3.8% (69,191)
10am:
Homer:
2.9% (35)
Louisiana:
4.3% (79,604)
11am:
Homer:
2.1% (26)
Louisiana:
1.9% (34,713)
12pm:
Homer:
1.7% (21)
Louisiana:
0.9% (15,822)
4pm:
Homer:
6.1% (75)
Louisiana:
5.6% (101,653)
>4pm:
Homer:
2.9% (35)
Louisiana:
6.5% (119,441)
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m. - Males:
Homer:
4.2% (14)
Louisiana:
11.4% (109,553)
6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m. - Males:
Homer:
1.2% (4)
Louisiana:
12.7% (122,252)
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m. - Males:
Homer:
14.0% (46)
Louisiana:
9.1% (87,751)
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m. - Males:
Homer:
33.3% (111)
Louisiana:
14.7% (141,518)
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m. - Males:
Homer:
1.9% (6)
Louisiana:
8.9% (85,328)
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m. - Males:
Homer:
5.5% (18)
Louisiana:
8.6% (82,460)
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m. - Males:
Homer:
26.8% (89)
Louisiana:
4.3% (41,842)
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. - Males:
Homer:
15.0% (50)
Louisiana:
5.5% (52,576)
5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m. - Females:
Homer:
9.8% (44)
Louisiana:
3.8% (33,650)
6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m. - Females:
Homer:
31.0% (140)
Louisiana:
11.3% (100,334)
7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m. - Females:
Homer:
15.7% (71)
Louisiana:
17.1% (152,213)
7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m. - Females:
Homer:
7.7% (35)
Louisiana:
14.2% (126,000)
8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m. - Females:
Homer:
8.7% (39)
Louisiana:
9.8% (87,060)
8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m. - Females:
Homer:
1.4% (6)
Louisiana:
4.4% (38,982)
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m. - Females:
Homer:
11.5% (52)
Louisiana:
5.9% (52,467)
11:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m. - Females:
Homer:
0.8% (4)
Louisiana:
1.5% (13,515)
12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m. - Females:
Homer:
8.9% (40)
Louisiana:
6.3% (55,663)
4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. - Females:
Homer:
3.3% (15)
Louisiana:
6.3% (56,177)
Travel time to work
Percentage of workers working in this county: 66.9% Number of people working at home: 44 (5.3% of all workers)
Less than 5 minutes:
Homer:
7.2% (98)
Louisiana:
3.2% (58,824)
5 to 9 minutes:
Homer:
19.7% (268)
Louisiana:
10.0% (185,508)
10 to 14 minutes:
Homer:
16.3% (222)
Louisiana:
14.6% (271,512)
15 to 19 minutes:
Homer:
22.2% (303)
Louisiana:
17.2% (319,190)
20 to 24 minutes:
Homer:
11.3% (154)
Louisiana:
14.3% (265,127)
25 to 29 minutes:
Homer:
4.0% (55)
Louisiana:
6.5% (119,937)
30 to 34 minutes:
Homer:
4.8% (66)
Louisiana:
13.5% (251,176)
35 to 39 minutes:
Homer:
0.7% (10)
Louisiana:
2.8% (51,706)
40 to 44 minutes:
Homer:
2.1% (29)
Louisiana:
2.8% (51,496)
45 to 59 minutes:
Homer:
5.8% (79)
Louisiana:
7.1% (131,178)
60 to 89 minutes:
Homer:
3.4% (46)
Louisiana:
5.5% (101,371)
90 or more minutes:
Homer:
2.2% (30)
Louisiana:
2.8% (52,200)
Less than 5 minutes:
Homer:
9.8% (120)
Louisiana:
3.4% (62,320)
5 to 9 minutes:
Homer:
25.7% (313)
Louisiana:
10.7% (196,227)
10 to 14 minutes:
Homer:
13.2% (161)
Louisiana:
15.3% (281,034)
15 to 19 minutes:
Homer:
9.1% (111)
Louisiana:
17.2% (314,832)
20 to 24 minutes:
Homer:
6.2% (76)
Louisiana:
14.4% (263,842)
25 to 29 minutes:
Homer:
4.5% (55)
Louisiana:
5.1% (93,519)
30 to 34 minutes:
Homer:
7.6% (93)
Louisiana:
13.2% (240,995)
35 to 39 minutes:
Homer:
1.9% (23)
Louisiana:
2.1% (39,029)
40 to 44 minutes:
Homer:
3.2% (39)
Louisiana:
2.4% (43,572)
45 to 59 minutes:
Homer:
4.9% (60)
Louisiana:
6.6% (120,270)
60 to 89 minutes:
Homer:
5.3% (65)
Louisiana:
4.2% (76,269)
90 or more minutes:
Homer:
4.1% (50)
Louisiana:
3.3% (59,819)
Less than 5 minutes - Males:
Homer:
14.5% (83)
Louisiana:
2.9% (27,710)
5 to 9 minutes - Males:
Homer:
3.8% (22)
Louisiana:
9.0% (87,605)
10 to 14 minutes - Males:
Homer:
31.7% (181)
Louisiana:
14.0% (135,739)
15 to 19 minutes - Males:
Homer:
17.9% (102)
Louisiana:
16.4% (159,234)
20 to 24 minutes - Males:
Homer:
6.0% (34)
Louisiana:
13.9% (134,498)
25 to 29 minutes - Males:
Homer:
5.4% (31)
Louisiana:
6.2% (60,114)
30 to 34 minutes - Males:
Homer:
4.6% (26)
Louisiana:
13.4% (130,162)
40 to 44 minutes - Males:
Homer:
4.8% (27)
Louisiana:
2.7% (26,375)
45 to 59 minutes - Males:
Homer:
8.9% (51)
Louisiana:
7.7% (74,661)
60 to 89 minutes - Males:
Homer:
2.5% (14)
Louisiana:
7.2% (70,165)
90 or more minutes - Males:
Homer:
0.6% (3)
Louisiana:
4.0% (38,432)
Less than 5 minutes - Females:
Homer:
1.4% (11)
Louisiana:
3.5% (31,114)
5 to 9 minutes - Females:
Homer:
30.3% (240)
Louisiana:
11.0% (97,903)
10 to 14 minutes - Females:
Homer:
5.9% (47)
Louisiana:
15.2% (135,773)
15 to 19 minutes - Females:
Homer:
25.0% (199)
Louisiana:
18.0% (159,956)
20 to 24 minutes - Females:
Homer:
15.3% (121)
Louisiana:
14.7% (130,629)
25 to 29 minutes - Females:
Homer:
3.0% (24)
Louisiana:
6.7% (59,823)
30 to 34 minutes - Females:
Homer:
5.1% (40)
Louisiana:
13.6% (121,014)
35 to 39 minutes - Females:
Homer:
1.5% (12)
Louisiana:
3.2% (28,113)
45 to 59 minutes - Females:
Homer:
3.5% (28)
Louisiana:
6.3% (56,517)
60 to 89 minutes - Females:
Homer:
3.9% (31)
Louisiana:
3.5% (31,206)
90 or more minutes - Females:
Homer:
3.7% (29)
Louisiana:
1.5% (13,768)
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
Homer:
89.9% (1,250)
Louisiana:
85.5% (760,999)
Carpooled:
Homer:
9.9% (137)
Louisiana:
9.3% (88,060)
Other means:
Homer:
0.2% (3)
Louisiana:
1.7% (12,226)
Drove car alone:
Homer:
72.0% (879)
Louisiana:
78.1% (1,430,142)
Carpooled:
Homer:
19.6% (239)
Louisiana:
13.6% (249,640)
Walked:
Homer:
3.4% (41)
Louisiana:
2.2% (40,184)
Other means:
Homer:
0.6% (7)
Louisiana:
1.1% (19,932)
Drove car alone - Males:
Homer:
85.5% (495)
Louisiana:
85.7% (760,999)
Carpooled - Males:
Homer:
14.5% (84)
Louisiana:
8.8% (88,060)
Drove car alone - Females:
Homer:
93.1% (759)
Louisiana:
85.4% (760,999)
Carpooled - Females:
Homer:
6.5% (53)
Louisiana:
9.9% (88,060)
Other means - Females:
Homer:
0.4% (3)
Louisiana:
1.4% (12,226)
Private vehicle occupancy
Drove alone:
Homer:
87.1% (644)
Louisiana:
90.2% (1,585,743)
In 2 person carpool:
Homer:
3.9% (29)
Louisiana:
7.2% (125,938)
In 3 person carpool:
Homer:
4.8% (35)
Louisiana:
1.7% (29,734)
In 4 person carpool:
Homer:
4.1% (31)
Louisiana:
0.5% (9,542)
Drove alone:
Homer:
78.6% (879)
Louisiana:
85.1% (1,430,142)
In 2 person carpool:
Homer:
18.2% (204)
Louisiana:
11.2% (188,946)
In 3 person carpool:
Homer:
2.8% (31)
Louisiana:
2.2% (37,549)
In 5-6 person carpool:
Homer:
0.4% (4)
Louisiana:
0.4% (6,580)
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
Homer:
53.6% (450)
Louisiana:
64.9% (1,323,254)
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
Homer:
1.1% (9)
Louisiana:
4.3% (87,972)
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
Homer:
7.9% (67)
Louisiana:
7.9% (161,710)
Local government workers:
Homer:
10.2% (86)
Louisiana:
7.6% (154,461)
State government workers:
Homer:
13.3% (112)
Louisiana:
5.7% (116,390)
Federal government workers:
Homer:
4.1% (34)
Louisiana:
2.4% (48,815)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
Homer:
9.7% (82)
Louisiana:
7.0% (142,134)
Employee of private company:
Homer:
60.3% (753)
Louisiana:
67.3% (1,246,955)
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
Homer:
2.0% (25)
Louisiana:
3.4% (62,704)
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
Homer:
5.5% (69)
Louisiana:
5.5% (101,490)
Local government workers:
Homer:
8.2% (102)
Louisiana:
7.1% (131,539)
State government workers:
Homer:
14.3% (178)
Louisiana:
7.7% (142,060)
Federal government workers:
Homer:
1.0% (13)
Louisiana:
2.7% (49,172)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
Homer:
8.7% (108)
Louisiana:
6.1% (112,275)
Employee of private company - Males:
Homer:
50.6% (175)
Louisiana:
68.8% (714,584)
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
Homer:
2.9% (10)
Louisiana:
5.0% (52,308)
Local government workers - Males:
Homer:
13.7% (47)
Louisiana:
5.5% (57,257)
State government workers - Males:
Homer:
15.8% (55)
Louisiana:
4.4% (45,392)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
Homer:
17.0% (59)
Louisiana:
8.3% (86,638)
Employee of private company - Females:
Homer:
55.7% (276)
Louisiana:
60.9% (608,670)
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
Homer:
1.8% (9)
Louisiana:
3.0% (30,250)
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
Homer:
11.4% (57)
Louisiana:
10.9% (109,402)
Local government workers - Females:
Homer:
7.8% (38)
Louisiana:
9.7% (97,204)
State government workers - Females:
Homer:
11.6% (58)
Louisiana:
7.1% (70,998)
Federal government workers - Females:
Homer:
6.9% (34)
Louisiana:
2.6% (26,262)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
Homer:
4.7% (23)
Louisiana:
5.6% (55,496)
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