Work & commute · Cade

Work & commute in Cade, LA

Most working residents leave Cade for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (26%), Broussard (10%) and New Iberia (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 787 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 772 Cade residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 528 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cade.

772live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

528work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cade goes to work

Lafayette11.1 mi away

26%207

Broussard4.6 mi away

10%75

New Iberia7.7 mi away

7%54

Baton Rouge51.8 mi away

7%53

St. Martinville4.8 mi away

3%27

Breaux Bridge13 mi away

3%20

Youngsville5.8 mi away

2%18

Cade (in town)right here

2%15

New Orleans117.5 mi away

1%9

Houston, TX210 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%302

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

How far

How far Cade commutes

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

44%

24%

25%

44%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cade is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cade are

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

Jobs based in Cade

543 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Cade residents hold

787 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+21%

Jobs based in Cade, 2013 → 2023: 447 → 543. 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.