Work & commute · Alexandria

Work & commute in Alexandria, LA

51% of Alexandria’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Pineville (7%), Baton Rouge (2%) and Lafayette (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51%

7,897 of 15,363 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 7,466 Alexandria residents head out of town to work, 7,897 work right here, and 24,266 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alexandria.

7,466live here, work elsewhere

7,897live and work here

24,266work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alexandria goes to work

Alexandria (in town)right here

51%7,897

Pineville5 mi away

7%1,072

Baton Rouge98.8 mi away

2%376

Lafayette79.5 mi away

2%335

Shreveport112.2 mi away

1%160

Lake Charles87.5 mi away

1%155

New Orleans173.4 mi away

1%130

Houston, TX202.5 mi away

1%128

Natchitoches48.1 mi away

1%123

Ball9.4 mi away

1%97

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%4,890

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

How far

How far Alexandria commutes

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

67%

24%

67%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alexandria is a job hub

2.09jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alexandria are

32,163 jobs are based in Alexandria. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alexandria’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alexandria

32,163 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Alexandria residents hold

15,363 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−8%

Jobs based in Alexandria, 2013 → 2023: 35,039 → 32,163. 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.