Work & commute · Bourg

Work & commute in Bourg, LA

Most working residents leave Bourg for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bayou Cane (13%), Gray (3%) and New Orleans (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 931 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 913 Bourg residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 240 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bourg.

913live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

240work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bourg goes to work

Bayou Cane9.2 mi away

13%125

Gray12.8 mi away

3%29

New Orleans53 mi away

3%24

Thibodaux20 mi away

2%23

Baton Rouge68.1 mi away

2%20

Lafayette95.7 mi away

2%19

Bourg (in town)right here

2%18

Galliano20.2 mi away

2%16

Metairie39.8 mi away

2%15

Presquille1.5 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%630

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

How far

How far Bourg commutes

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

50%

22%

11%

17%

50%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bourg is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bourg are

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

Jobs based in Bourg

258 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Bourg residents hold

931 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−29%

Jobs based in Bourg, 2013 → 2023: 365 → 258. 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.