Work & commute · Ama

Work & commute in Ama, LA

Most working residents leave Ama for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Luling (16%), New Orleans (13%) and Metairie (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 656 working residents

Typical commute

9 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 646 Ama residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 150 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ama.

646live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

150work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ama goes to work

Luling4.6 mi away

16%105

New Orleans22.9 mi away

13%83

Metairie8 mi away

7%43

Hahnville7.8 mi away

5%35

Kenner5.2 mi away

5%31

Elmwood6.5 mi away

5%30

Waggaman3.9 mi away

4%24

Baton Rouge60.6 mi away

3%21

Jefferson8.4 mi away

3%20

Harvey14.2 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%250

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

How far

How far Ama commutes

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

52%

24%

12%

11%

52%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ama is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ama are

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

Jobs based in Ama

160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities91%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Ama residents hold

656 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−8%

Jobs based in Ama, 2013 → 2023: 174 → 160. 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.