Work & commute · Claiborne

Work & commute in Claiborne, LA

Most working residents leave Claiborne for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Monroe (38%), West Monroe (18%) and Brownsville (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

210 of 4,985 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,775 Claiborne residents head out of town to work, 210 work right here, and 1,597 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Claiborne.

4,775live here, work elsewhere

210live and work here

1,597work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Claiborne goes to work

Monroe7.1 mi away

38%1,873

West Monroe3.3 mi away

18%915

Claiborne (in town)right here

4%210

Brownsville4.2 mi away

3%163

Ruston25.6 mi away

3%146

Shreveport93.1 mi away

2%94

Baton Rouge158 mi away

1%67

Richwood9.4 mi away

1%38

Farmerville20.1 mi away

1%32

Alexandria87.7 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,415

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

How far

How far Claiborne commutes

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

71%

18%

71%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Claiborne is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Claiborne are

1,807 jobs are based in Claiborne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Claiborne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Claiborne

1,807 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Claiborne residents hold

4,985 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+26%

Jobs based in Claiborne, 2013 → 2023: 1,438 → 1,807. 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.