Work & commute · Convent

Work & commute in Convent, LA

Most working residents leave Convent for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Gonzales (13%), New Orleans (6%) and Baton Rouge (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 204 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 199 Convent residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 600 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Convent.

199live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

600work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Convent goes to work

Gonzales15.2 mi away

13%26

New Orleans53.1 mi away

6%12

Baton Rouge35 mi away

4%9

Lutcher7.4 mi away

4%8

Metairie38.5 mi away

4%8

Jefferson39.9 mi away

3%6

Reserve16.4 mi away

3%6

Convent (in town)right here

2%5

Garyville11.8 mi away

2%5

Prairieville22.4 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%114

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

How far

How far Convent commutes

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

19%

33%

35%

14%

19%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Convent is a job hub

2.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Convent are

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

Jobs based in Convent

605 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Convent residents hold

204 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−44%

Jobs based in Convent, 2013 → 2023: 1,074 → 605. 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.