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Work & commute in Bayou Blue, LA

Most working residents leave Bayou Blue for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bayou Cane (13%), Thibodaux (7%) and Gray (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
136 of 5,651 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,515 Bayou Blue residents head out of town to work, 136 work right here, and 1,299 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bayou Blue.

5,515live here, work elsewhere
136live and work here
1,299work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bayou Blue goes to work

Morgan CityThibodauxKennerNew OrleansLafayetteBaton RougeBourgBayou CaneGrayLaroseSchrieverMetairieBayou BlueRacelandChackbayBayou CaneThibodauxGrayBaton RougeNew OrleansMetairieKennerMorgan CityLafayetteBayou Blue
1
Bayou Cane5 mi away
13%726
2
Thibodaux14.2 mi away
7%399
3
Gray7.5 mi away
4%202
4
Baton Rouge62.4 mi away
3%165
5
New Orleans52.7 mi away
3%159
6
Bayou Blue (in town)right here
2%136
7
Metairie38.7 mi away
2%104
8
Kenner36 mi away
1%75
9
Morgan City31.8 mi away
1%73
10
Lafayette90.6 mi away
1%71
Everywhere elseother towns and states
63%3,541

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

How far

How far Bayou Blue commutes

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

52%Under 10 mi
12%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
17%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bayou Blue is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bayou Blue are

1,435 jobs are based in Bayou Blue. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bayou Blue’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bayou Blue

1,435 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)41%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)35%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Bayou Blue residents hold

5,651 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month57%
−17%

Jobs based in Bayou Blue, 2013 → 2023: 1,726 → 1,435. 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.

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