Work & commute · Buras

Work & commute in Buras, LA

Most working residents leave Buras for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (13%), Port Sulphur (13%) and Belle Chasse (6%). Half commute less than 53 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 352 working residents

Typical commute

53 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 335 Buras residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buras.

335live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buras goes to work

New Orleans54.2 mi away

13%47

Port Sulphur16.5 mi away

13%47

Belle Chasse45.2 mi away

6%20

Luling62.4 mi away

6%20

Buras (in town)right here

5%17

Baton Rouge122.1 mi away

4%14

Empire8.3 mi away

3%12

Boothville7.3 mi away

3%10

Slidell66.5 mi away

2%8

Metairie59.2 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%149

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

How far

How far Buras commutes

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

12%

19%

13%

56%

12%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

56%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buras is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buras are

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

Jobs based in Buras

68 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities69%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Buras residents hold

352 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+6%

Jobs based in Buras, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 68. 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.