Work & commute · Arabi

Work & commute in Arabi, LA

Most working residents leave Arabi for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (36%), Chalmette (13%) and Metairie (8%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

71 of 2,121 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 2,050 Arabi residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 1,534 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arabi.

2,050live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

1,534work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arabi goes to work

New Orleans7.8 mi away

36%774

Chalmette1.9 mi away

13%269

Metairie11.3 mi away

8%166

Arabi (in town)right here

3%71

Elmwood11.4 mi away

3%66

Jefferson9.6 mi away

2%50

Kenner16 mi away

2%43

Baton Rouge75.7 mi away

2%40

Slidell26.5 mi away

2%36

Harvey6.1 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%581

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

How far

How far Arabi commutes

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

65%

13%

12%

65%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arabi is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Arabi are

1,605 jobs are based in Arabi. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arabi’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Arabi

1,605 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Arabi residents hold

2,121 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+51%

Jobs based in Arabi, 2013 → 2023: 1,064 → 1,605. 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.