Work & commute · Bastrop

Work & commute in Bastrop, LA

About one in 4 of Bastrop’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Monroe (16%), West Monroe (3%) and Ruston (2%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

913 of 3,375 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 2,462 Bastrop residents head out of town to work, 913 work right here, and 2,713 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bastrop.

2,462live here, work elsewhere

913live and work here

2,713work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bastrop goes to work

Bastrop (in town)right here

27%913

Monroe20.2 mi away

16%548

West Monroe23.1 mi away

3%101

Ruston45.5 mi away

2%77

Shreveport111.7 mi away

2%61

Baton Rouge167.5 mi away

2%53

Mer Rouge6.6 mi away

2%52

Crossett, AR24.2 mi away

1%45

Brownsville24.7 mi away

1%40

Winnsboro43.5 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,450

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

How far

How far Bastrop commutes

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

39%

26%

13%

21%

39%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bastrop is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bastrop are

3,626 jobs are based in Bastrop. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bastrop’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bastrop

3,626 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Bastrop residents hold

3,375 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month31%

−10%

Jobs based in Bastrop, 2013 → 2023: 4,023 → 3,626. 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.