Work & commute · Abbeville

Work & commute in Abbeville, LA

About one in 4 of Abbeville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (20%), Baton Rouge (3%) and Youngsville (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

902 of 4,005 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,103 Abbeville residents head out of town to work, 902 work right here, and 4,885 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Abbeville.

3,103live here, work elsewhere

902live and work here

4,885work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Abbeville goes to work

Abbeville (in town)right here

23%902

Lafayette17 mi away

20%805

Baton Rouge67.7 mi away

3%126

Youngsville11.4 mi away

3%105

Broussard15.2 mi away

3%105

New Iberia18.5 mi away

2%88

Maurice8.9 mi away

2%73

Crowley22.4 mi away

1%47

New Orleans131.3 mi away

1%45

Kaplan9.6 mi away

1%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,672

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Abbeville commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

33%

39%

23%

33%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Abbeville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Abbeville are

5,787 jobs are based in Abbeville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Abbeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Abbeville

5,787 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Abbeville residents hold

4,005 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−3%

Jobs based in Abbeville, 2013 → 2023: 5,954 → 5,787. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.