Work & commute · Bogalusa

Work & commute in Bogalusa, LA

About one in 5 of Bogalusa’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (9%), Baton Rouge (4%) and Metairie (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

794 of 3,784 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,990 Bogalusa residents head out of town to work, 794 work right here, and 2,301 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bogalusa.

2,990live here, work elsewhere

794live and work here

2,301work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bogalusa goes to work

Bogalusa (in town)right here

21%794

New Orleans50.1 mi away

9%322

Baton Rouge78.9 mi away

4%165

Metairie57 mi away

4%158

Franklinton17.6 mi away

3%127

Covington25.2 mi away

3%119

Hammond39.8 mi away

2%89

Slidell33.9 mi away

2%63

Mandeville31.1 mi away

2%57

Elmwood60 mi away

2%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,833

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

How far

How far Bogalusa commutes

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

32%

19%

40%

32%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bogalusa is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bogalusa are

3,095 jobs are based in Bogalusa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bogalusa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bogalusa

3,095 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Bogalusa residents hold

3,784 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−15%

Jobs based in Bogalusa, 2013 → 2023: 3,621 → 3,095. 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.