Work & commute · Coushatta

Work & commute in Coushatta, LA

About one in 5 of Coushatta’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Shreveport (12%), Natchitoches (7%) and Bossier City (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

137 of 635 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 498 Coushatta residents head out of town to work, 137 work right here, and 1,165 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coushatta.

498live here, work elsewhere

137live and work here

1,165work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coushatta goes to work

Coushatta (in town)right here

22%137

Shreveport40.3 mi away

12%77

Natchitoches24.5 mi away

7%46

Bossier City39 mi away

4%26

Edgefield1.7 mi away

2%14

Alexandria72 mi away

2%14

Mansfield21 mi away

2%12

Monroe81.3 mi away

2%10

Baton Rouge170.3 mi away

2%10

Many32.8 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%283

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

How far

How far Coushatta commutes

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

31%

17%

27%

25%

31%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coushatta is a job hub

2.05jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coushatta are

1,302 jobs are based in Coushatta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coushatta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Coushatta

1,302 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Coushatta residents hold

635 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+7%

Jobs based in Coushatta, 2013 → 2023: 1,215 → 1,302. 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.