Work & commute · Breaux Bridge

Work & commute in Breaux Bridge, LA

Most working residents leave Breaux Bridge for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (27%), Baton Rouge (6%) and Broussard (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

434 of 2,907 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,473 Breaux Bridge residents head out of town to work, 434 work right here, and 3,885 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Breaux Bridge.

2,473live here, work elsewhere

434live and work here

3,885work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Breaux Bridge goes to work

Lafayette9 mi away

27%791

Breaux Bridge (in town)right here

15%434

Baton Rouge47.4 mi away

6%182

Broussard10.4 mi away

4%129

Scott11.7 mi away

2%44

New Iberia19.6 mi away

1%42

Carencro8.4 mi away

1%41

St. Martinville11.4 mi away

1%40

Opelousas19.9 mi away

1%37

New Orleans118.7 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,135

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

How far

How far Breaux Bridge commutes

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

43%

23%

10%

24%

43%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Breaux Bridge is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Breaux Bridge are

4,319 jobs are based in Breaux Bridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Breaux Bridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Breaux Bridge

4,319 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Breaux Bridge residents hold

2,907 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+23%

Jobs based in Breaux Bridge, 2013 → 2023: 3,523 → 4,319. 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.