Work & commute · Amite

Work & commute in Amite, LA

About one in 4 of Amite’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hammond (9%), Baton Rouge (6%) and New Orleans (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

330 of 1,465 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 1,135 Amite residents head out of town to work, 330 work right here, and 5,430 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Amite.

1,135live here, work elsewhere

330live and work here

5,430work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Amite goes to work

Amite City (in town)right here

23%330

Hammond16 mi away

9%138

Baton Rouge41.7 mi away

6%89

New Orleans58.3 mi away

3%49

Metairie54.7 mi away

3%47

Prairieville39.1 mi away

2%26

Kenner52.2 mi away

2%25

Lafayette97.2 mi away

1%19

Elmwood57.2 mi away

1%19

Independence6.7 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%707

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

How far

How far Amite commutes

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

29%

22%

24%

25%

29%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Amite is a job hub

3.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Amite are

5,760 jobs are based in Amite. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amite’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Amite

5,760 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Amite residents hold

1,465 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−8%

Jobs based in Amite, 2013 → 2023: 6,261 → 5,760. 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.