Work & commute · Charenton

Work & commute in Charenton, LA

Most working residents leave Charenton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Franklin (13%), Lafayette (8%) and New Iberia (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 527 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 502 Charenton residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 486 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Charenton.

502live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

486work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Charenton goes to work

Franklin6 mi away

13%71

Lafayette37.5 mi away

8%43

New Iberia19.3 mi away

7%38

Charenton (in town)right here

5%25

Baton Rouge46.7 mi away

4%23

Baldwin2 mi away

4%19

Morgan City23.5 mi away

3%16

New Orleans97 mi away

2%10

Broussard31.1 mi away

2%9

Bayou Vista20.4 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%264

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

How far

How far Charenton commutes

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

29%

22%

26%

23%

29%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Charenton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Charenton are

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

Jobs based in Charenton

511 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Charenton residents hold

527 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+215%

Jobs based in Charenton, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 511. 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.