Work & commute · Avondale

Work & commute in Avondale, LA

Most working residents leave Avondale for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (20%), Metairie (14%) and Elmwood (9%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 1,705 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,666 Avondale residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 945 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Avondale.

1,666live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

945work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Avondale goes to work

New Orleans18.9 mi away

20%348

Metairie6.7 mi away

14%242

Elmwood3.7 mi away

9%155

Kenner8.3 mi away

6%104

Harvey7.9 mi away

4%75

Marrero5.1 mi away

4%71

Gretna8.7 mi away

3%50

Baton Rouge67.2 mi away

3%50

Jefferson4.8 mi away

3%49

Avondale (in town)right here

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%522

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

How far

How far Avondale commutes

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

72%

11%

10%

72%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Avondale is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Avondale are

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

Jobs based in Avondale

984 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Avondale residents hold

1,705 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−66%

Jobs based in Avondale, 2013 → 2023: 2,856 → 984. 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.