Work & commute · Ball

Work & commute in Ball, LA

Most working residents leave Ball for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (38%), Pineville (12%) and Lafayette (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 1,252 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,209 Ball residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 1,020 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ball.

1,209live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

1,020work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ball goes to work

Alexandria9.4 mi away

38%475

Pineville5.2 mi away

12%145

Ball (in town)right here

3%43

Lafayette86.7 mi away

3%34

Baton Rouge101.4 mi away

2%29

Houston, TX210.1 mi away

2%19

Shreveport108.8 mi away

1%15

Colfax18.5 mi away

1%10

Lake Charles96.8 mi away

1%10

Marksville28.7 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%463

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

How far

How far Ball commutes

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

52%

16%

26%

52%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ball is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ball are

1,063 jobs are based in Ball. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ball’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ball

1,063 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Ball residents hold

1,252 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+32%

Jobs based in Ball, 2013 → 2023: 803 → 1,063. 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.