Work & commute · Amelia

Work & commute in Amelia, LA

Most working residents leave Amelia for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Morgan City (21%), Franklin (5%) and Berwick (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 593 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 557 Amelia residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 1,168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Amelia.

557live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

1,168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Amelia goes to work

Morgan City5.8 mi away

21%123

Amelia (in town)right here

6%36

Franklin25.4 mi away

5%30

Berwick7.9 mi away

4%22

Lafayette66.6 mi away

4%22

Baton Rouge53.8 mi away

3%18

Bayou Vista9.6 mi away

3%17

Siracusaville3 mi away

2%13

New Orleans75.5 mi away

2%10

Thibodaux20 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%295

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

How far

How far Amelia commutes

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

43%

10%

16%

30%

43%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Amelia is a job hub

2.03jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Amelia are

1,204 jobs are based in Amelia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amelia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Amelia

1,204 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Amelia residents hold

593 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−62%

Jobs based in Amelia, 2013 → 2023: 3,134 → 1,204. 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.