Work & commute · Bayou Cane

Work & commute in Bayou Cane, LA

Most working residents leave Bayou Cane for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Gray (4%), Thibodaux (4%) and Baton Rouge (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

1,434 of 7,483 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 6,049 Bayou Cane residents head out of town to work, 1,434 work right here, and 9,667 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bayou Cane.

6,049live here, work elsewhere

1,434live and work here

9,667work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bayou Cane goes to work

Bayou Cane (in town)right here

19%1,434

Gray4.2 mi away

4%335

Thibodaux12.4 mi away

4%324

Baton Rouge60.9 mi away

3%190

New Orleans57.2 mi away

3%189

Lafayette86.5 mi away

2%119

Metairie42.9 mi away

2%116

Bayou Blue5 mi away

1%111

Galliano29.4 mi away

1%75

Morgan City27.1 mi away

1%73

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%4,517

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

How far

How far Bayou Cane commutes

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

58%

10%

15%

17%

58%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bayou Cane is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bayou Cane are

11,101 jobs are based in Bayou Cane. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bayou Cane’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bayou Cane

11,101 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Bayou Cane residents hold

7,483 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−10%

Jobs based in Bayou Cane, 2013 → 2023: 12,331 → 11,101. 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.