Work & commute · Cankton

Work & commute in Cankton, LA

Most working residents leave Cankton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (31%), Opelousas (8%) and Baton Rouge (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 262 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 255 Cankton residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cankton.

255live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cankton goes to work

Lafayette10.8 mi away

31%82

Opelousas12.5 mi away

8%22

Baton Rouge58.9 mi away

4%11

Broussard17.2 mi away

3%9

Carencro5 mi away

3%8

Cankton (in town)right here

3%7

Scott7.4 mi away

2%6

Breaux Bridge13.3 mi away

2%5

Sunset5 mi away

2%4

Crowley17.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%105

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

How far

How far Cankton commutes

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

27%

43%

24%

27%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cankton is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cankton are

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

Jobs based in Cankton

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month21%

Jobs Cankton residents hold

262 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−31%

Jobs based in Cankton, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 48. 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.