Work & commute · Basile

Work & commute in Basile, LA

Most working residents leave Basile for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Eunice (12%), Lafayette (6%) and Baton Rouge (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 431 working residents

Typical commute

25 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 420 Basile residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Basile.

420live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

225work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Basile goes to work

Eunice10.8 mi away

12%53

Lafayette39.2 mi away

6%28

Baton Rouge87.6 mi away

5%23

Basile (in town)right here

3%11

Jennings18.4 mi away

2%9

Mamou15 mi away

2%8

Alexandria56.4 mi away

2%8

Crowley22.9 mi away

2%7

Opelousas31 mi away

2%7

Broussard45.4 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%270

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

How far

How far Basile commutes

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

12%

38%

17%

33%

12%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Basile is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Basile are

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

Jobs based in Basile

236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Basile residents hold

431 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+41%

Jobs based in Basile, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 236. 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.