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Work & commute · Chauvin

Work & commute in Chauvin, LA

Most working residents leave Chauvin for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Bayou Cane (13%), New Orleans (5%) and Baton Rouge (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
44 of 797 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 753 Chauvin residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chauvin.

753live here, work elsewhere
44live and work here
104work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Chauvin goes to work

KaplanPattersonSt. MartinvilleThibodauxGonzalesNew OrleansLafayetteBaton RougePresquilleMontegutChauvinBourgBayou CaneGrayMetairieBayou BlueLaplaceBayou CaneNew OrleansBaton RougeMetairieThibodauxLafayetteGrayBayou BlueGonzalesChauvin
1
Bayou Cane15.5 mi away
13%107
2
Chauvin (in town)right here
6%44
3
New Orleans57.7 mi away
5%37
4
Baton Rouge76 mi away
3%23
5
Metairie45.5 mi away
2%15
6
Thibodaux27.5 mi away
1%11
7
Lafayette100.8 mi away
1%11
8
Gray19.7 mi away
1%11
9
Bayou Blue13.7 mi away
1%9
10
Gonzales56.5 mi away
1%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
65%521

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

How far

How far Chauvin commutes

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

20%Under 10 mi
45%10–24 mi
15%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Chauvin is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chauvin are

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

Jobs based in Chauvin

148 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities72%
Services (health, schools, offices…)10%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month53%
Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Chauvin residents hold

797 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities31%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month49%
−3%

Jobs based in Chauvin, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 148. 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.

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