Work & commute · Brownfields

Work & commute in Brownfields, LA

Most working residents leave Brownfields for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (44%), New Orleans (2%) and Zachary (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 2,099 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 2,083 Brownfields residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 324 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brownfields.

2,083live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

324work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brownfields goes to work

Baton Rouge7 mi away

44%925

New Orleans78.6 mi away

2%47

Zachary8.8 mi away

2%41

Baker3.5 mi away

2%38

Central5.4 mi away

2%38

Metairie67.9 mi away

2%32

Lafayette58.7 mi away

1%31

Denham Springs10.9 mi away

1%24

Prairieville18.7 mi away

1%23

Hammond39.9 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%883

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

How far

How far Brownfields commutes

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

55%

24%

16%

55%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brownfields is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brownfields are

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

Jobs based in Brownfields

340 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Brownfields residents hold

2,099 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−14%

Jobs based in Brownfields, 2013 → 2023: 394 → 340. 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.