Work & commute · Brusly

Work & commute in Brusly, LA

Most working residents leave Brusly for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (25%), Port Allen (4%) and Plaquemine (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 1,200 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,178 Brusly residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 371 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brusly.

1,178live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

371work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brusly goes to work

Baton Rouge7.9 mi away

25%301

Port Allen4.3 mi away

4%45

Plaquemine7.7 mi away

3%31

New Orleans82.1 mi away

2%27

Metairie69.8 mi away

2%24

Addis1.9 mi away

2%23

Brusly (in town)right here

2%22

Gonzales23.3 mi away

1%16

Lafayette48.1 mi away

1%15

Prairieville18.4 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%682

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

How far

How far Brusly commutes

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

55%

27%

13%

55%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brusly is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brusly are

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

Jobs based in Brusly

393 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less46%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Brusly residents hold

1,200 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+34%

Jobs based in Brusly, 2013 → 2023: 293 → 393. 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.