Work & commute · Bossier

Work & commute in Bossier, LA

About one in 4 of Bossier’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Shreveport (42%), Benton (5%) and Baton Rouge (1%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

5,884 of 22,987 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 17,103 Bossier residents head out of town to work, 5,884 work right here, and 24,311 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bossier.

17,103live here, work elsewhere

5,884live and work here

24,311work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bossier goes to work

Shreveport8.9 mi away

42%9,661

Bossier City (in town)right here

26%5,884

Benton12.5 mi away

5%1,146

Baton Rouge206.9 mi away

1%296

Minden23.2 mi away

1%230

Monroe91.9 mi away

1%213

Ruston59.4 mi away

1%185

Lafayette186.6 mi away

1%179

New Orleans278.2 mi away

1%155

Alexandria109.8 mi away

1%148

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%4,890

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

How far

How far Bossier commutes

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

67%

14%

16%

67%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bossier is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bossier are

30,195 jobs are based in Bossier. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bossier’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bossier

30,195 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Bossier residents hold

22,987 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+1%

Jobs based in Bossier, 2013 → 2023: 29,945 → 30,195. 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.