Work & commute · Boutte

Work & commute in Boutte, LA

Most working residents leave Boutte for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Luling (15%), New Orleans (12%) and Metairie (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 1,255 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,230 Boutte residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 1,104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boutte.

1,230live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

1,104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boutte goes to work

Luling2.3 mi away

15%188

New Orleans29.5 mi away

12%146

Metairie14.7 mi away

8%106

Kenner11.7 mi away

7%82

Baton Rouge58.6 mi away

5%64

Hahnville5.6 mi away

5%57

Elmwood12.9 mi away

4%54

Boutte (in town)right here

2%25

Jefferson14.8 mi away

2%24

Marrero16.5 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%486

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

How far

How far Boutte commutes

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

29%

43%

11%

16%

29%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boutte is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Boutte are

1,129 jobs are based in Boutte. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boutte’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Boutte

1,129 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Boutte residents hold

1,255 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−32%

Jobs based in Boutte, 2013 → 2023: 1,664 → 1,129. 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.