Work & commute · Bayou Vista

Work & commute in Bayou Vista, LA

Most working residents leave Bayou Vista for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Morgan City (22%), Franklin (7%) and Berwick (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

164 of 1,683 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 1,519 Bayou Vista residents head out of town to work, 164 work right here, and 1,342 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bayou Vista.

1,519live here, work elsewhere

164live and work here

1,342work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bayou Vista goes to work

Morgan City4.7 mi away

22%366

Bayou Vista (in town)right here

10%164

Franklin16 mi away

7%116

Berwick2 mi away

4%64

Lafayette57.9 mi away

4%62

Baton Rouge52.6 mi away

3%58

Amelia9.6 mi away

3%49

Patterson2.6 mi away

2%35

Thibodaux28.1 mi away

2%30

New Orleans83.7 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%712

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

How far

How far Bayou Vista commutes

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

43%

11%

19%

28%

43%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bayou Vista is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bayou Vista are

1,506 jobs are based in Bayou Vista. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bayou Vista’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bayou Vista

1,506 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Bayou Vista residents hold

1,683 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−6%

Jobs based in Bayou Vista, 2013 → 2023: 1,603 → 1,506. 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.