Work & commute · Catahoula

Work & commute in Catahoula, LA

Most working residents leave Catahoula for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (22%), Breaux Bridge (6%) and St. Martinville (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 414 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 396 Catahoula residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Catahoula.

396live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Catahoula goes to work

Lafayette18.5 mi away

22%90

Breaux Bridge12 mi away

6%25

St. Martinville8.8 mi away

6%24

Catahoula (in town)right here

4%18

Broussard15 mi away

4%15

New Iberia15.5 mi away

3%14

Youngsville18.4 mi away

3%11

Baton Rouge38.5 mi away

3%11

Gray67.1 mi away

1%6

Henderson8.9 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%195

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

How far

How far Catahoula commutes

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

17%

54%

12%

17%

17%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Catahoula is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Catahoula are

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

Jobs based in Catahoula

92 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities79%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less48%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Catahoula residents hold

414 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+109%

Jobs based in Catahoula, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 92. 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.