Work & commute · Bunkie

Work & commute in Bunkie, LA

About one in 4 of Bunkie’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Marksville (11%), Alexandria (10%) and Mansura (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

241 of 1,044 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 803 Bunkie residents head out of town to work, 241 work right here, and 816 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bunkie.

803live here, work elsewhere

241live and work here

816work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bunkie goes to work

Bunkie (in town)right here

23%241

Marksville13.9 mi away

11%120

Alexandria28.8 mi away

10%105

Mansura11.2 mi away

3%30

Pineville29.9 mi away

2%21

Baton Rouge72.1 mi away

2%19

Melville31.6 mi away

2%17

Cottonport8.5 mi away

2%16

Lecompte15.6 mi away

1%10

Monroe108.3 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%455

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

How far

How far Bunkie commutes

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

31%

25%

20%

24%

31%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bunkie is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bunkie are

1,057 jobs are based in Bunkie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bunkie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bunkie

1,057 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Bunkie residents hold

1,044 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month37%

−15%

Jobs based in Bunkie, 2013 → 2023: 1,241 → 1,057. 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.