Work & commute · Boyce

Work & commute in Boyce, LA

Most working residents leave Boyce for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (40%), Pineville (6%) and Baton Rouge (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 282 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 277 Boyce residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boyce.

277live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

77work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boyce goes to work

Alexandria13.6 mi away

40%112

Pineville15.8 mi away

6%16

Baton Rouge112.3 mi away

3%9

Boyce (in town)right here

2%5

Shreveport99.3 mi away

2%5

Colfax9.1 mi away

1%4

Natchitoches34.8 mi away

1%4

Bossier City97.3 mi away

1%4

New Orleans186.9 mi away

1%4

Lafayette90.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%115

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

How far

How far Boyce commutes

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

11%

56%

26%

11%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boyce is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boyce are

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

Jobs based in Boyce

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Boyce residents hold

282 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−42%

Jobs based in Boyce, 2013 → 2023: 142 → 82. 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.