Work & commute · Barataria

Work & commute in Barataria, LA

Most working residents leave Barataria for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (15%), Harvey (10%) and Marrero (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 400 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 396 Barataria residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barataria.

396live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barataria goes to work

New Orleans26 mi away

15%60

Harvey12.5 mi away

10%38

Marrero11.9 mi away

9%35

Metairie19.8 mi away

7%28

Jean Lafitte3 mi away

6%22

Belle Chasse12.3 mi away

4%17

Elmwood17 mi away

4%14

Gretna14.2 mi away

3%11

Kenner22 mi away

3%11

Chalmette18.4 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%155

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

How far

How far Barataria commutes

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

10%

69%

13%

10%Under 10 mi

69%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barataria is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barataria are

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

Jobs based in Barataria

55 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)78%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Barataria residents hold

400 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+293%

Jobs based in Barataria, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 55. 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.