Work & commute · Carencro

Work & commute in Carencro, LA

Most working residents leave Carencro for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (43%), Baton Rouge (4%) and Broussard (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

194 of 3,840 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,646 Carencro residents head out of town to work, 194 work right here, and 3,176 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carencro.

3,646live here, work elsewhere

194live and work here

3,176work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carencro goes to work

Lafayette7.3 mi away

43%1,662

Carencro (in town)right here

5%194

Baton Rouge54.8 mi away

4%162

Broussard13.1 mi away

4%145

Opelousas14.9 mi away

3%134

Scott6 mi away

2%82

Breaux Bridge8.4 mi away

2%69

New Orleans126.9 mi away

1%53

Lake Charles70.4 mi away

1%47

New Iberia24.9 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,249

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

How far

How far Carencro commutes

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

53%

20%

23%

53%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carencro is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carencro are

3,370 jobs are based in Carencro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carencro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carencro

3,370 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Carencro residents hold

3,840 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+18%

Jobs based in Carencro, 2013 → 2023: 2,850 → 3,370. 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.