Work & commute · Belle Chasse

Work & commute in Belle Chasse, LA

Most working residents leave Belle Chasse for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (21%), Metairie (7%) and Port Sulphur (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

722 of 4,500 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 3,778 Belle Chasse residents head out of town to work, 722 work right here, and 5,678 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belle Chasse.

3,778live here, work elsewhere

722live and work here

5,678work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belle Chasse goes to work

New Orleans14 mi away

21%940

Belle Chasse (in town)right here

16%722

Metairie14.1 mi away

7%302

Port Sulphur29.1 mi away

6%265

Gretna4.6 mi away

4%182

Harvey4.3 mi away

4%161

Elmwood12.8 mi away

3%120

Baton Rouge78.5 mi away

2%98

Marrero6.8 mi away

2%93

Terrytown3.4 mi away

2%91

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,526

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

How far

How far Belle Chasse commutes

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

55%

20%

12%

55%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belle Chasse is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Belle Chasse are

6,400 jobs are based in Belle Chasse. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belle Chasse’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Belle Chasse

6,400 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Belle Chasse residents hold

4,500 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−1%

Jobs based in Belle Chasse, 2013 → 2023: 6,436 → 6,400. 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.