Work & commute · Church Point

Work & commute in Church Point, LA

Most working residents leave Church Point for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (17%), Crowley (7%) and Opelousas (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

269 of 1,644 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,375 Church Point residents head out of town to work, 269 work right here, and 870 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Church Point.

1,375live here, work elsewhere

269live and work here

870work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Church Point goes to work

Lafayette17.5 mi away

17%273

Church Point (in town)right here

16%269

Crowley16 mi away

7%121

Opelousas11.5 mi away

4%70

Baton Rouge64.6 mi away

3%52

Broussard24 mi away

2%32

Rayne11.7 mi away

2%31

Carencro12.2 mi away

2%26

Eunice13.6 mi away

1%23

Scott13.4 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%724

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

How far

How far Church Point commutes

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

24%

45%

26%

24%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Church Point is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Church Point are

1,139 jobs are based in Church Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Church Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Church Point

1,139 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Church Point residents hold

1,644 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−5%

Jobs based in Church Point, 2013 → 2023: 1,202 → 1,139. 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.