Work & commute · Berwick

Work & commute in Berwick, LA

Most working residents leave Berwick for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Morgan City (25%), Franklin (9%) and Bayou Vista (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

143 of 1,932 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,789 Berwick residents head out of town to work, 143 work right here, and 1,148 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berwick.

1,789live here, work elsewhere

143live and work here

1,148work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berwick goes to work

Morgan City2.7 mi away

25%488

Franklin17.5 mi away

9%181

Berwick (in town)right here

7%143

Bayou Vista2 mi away

5%88

Lafayette59 mi away

4%76

Baton Rouge51.6 mi away

3%60

Amelia7.9 mi away

2%38

Patterson4.5 mi away

2%30

Thibodaux26.1 mi away

1%27

New Iberia40.9 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%778

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

How far

How far Berwick commutes

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

45%

13%

17%

25%

45%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berwick is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Berwick are

1,291 jobs are based in Berwick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Berwick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Berwick

1,291 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Berwick residents hold

1,932 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−14%

Jobs based in Berwick, 2013 → 2023: 1,503 → 1,291. 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.