Work & commute · Carlyss

Work & commute in Carlyss, LA

Most working residents leave Carlyss for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Charles (33%), Sulphur (15%) and Lafayette (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

75 of 1,845 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,770 Carlyss residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 2,378 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carlyss.

1,770live here, work elsewhere

75live and work here

2,378work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carlyss goes to work

Lake Charles9.6 mi away

33%611

Sulphur3.7 mi away

15%271

Carlyss (in town)right here

4%75

Lafayette80.1 mi away

2%43

Baton Rouge134.8 mi away

2%34

Moss Bluff13.3 mi away

1%23

Shreveport160.2 mi away

1%22

Houston, TX123.8 mi away

1%20

Cameron26.8 mi away

1%18

New Orleans205.5 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%712

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

How far

How far Carlyss commutes

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

56%

19%

21%

56%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carlyss is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carlyss are

2,453 jobs are based in Carlyss. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Carlyss’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Carlyss

2,453 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Carlyss residents hold

1,845 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+44%

Jobs based in Carlyss, 2013 → 2023: 1,704 → 2,453. 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.