Work & commute · Cotton Valley

Work & commute in Cotton Valley, LA

Most working residents leave Cotton Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Minden (19%), Shreveport (13%) and Bossier City (10%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 328 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 326 Cotton Valley residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cotton Valley.

326live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cotton Valley goes to work

Minden16 mi away

19%61

Shreveport32.1 mi away

13%42

Bossier City24.1 mi away

10%33

Springhill13.3 mi away

6%19

Arcadia34.3 mi away

3%10

Baton Rouge212.2 mi away

2%5

Longview, TX80.4 mi away

2%5

Sarepta5.9 mi away

1%4

Benton20.3 mi away

1%4

Lafayette197.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%141

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

How far

How far Cotton Valley commutes

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

11%

45%

27%

18%

11%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cotton Valley is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cotton Valley are

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

Jobs based in Cotton Valley

44 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities66%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Cotton Valley residents hold

328 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−12%

Jobs based in Cotton Valley, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 44. 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.