Work & commute · Covington

Work & commute in Covington, LA

About one in 5 of Covington’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (8%), Metairie (5%) and Mandeville (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

979 of 4,469 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,490 Covington residents head out of town to work, 979 work right here, and 14,971 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Covington.

3,490live here, work elsewhere

979live and work here

14,971work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Covington goes to work

Covington (in town)right here

22%979

New Orleans31.4 mi away

8%360

Metairie33.7 mi away

5%229

Mandeville7.1 mi away

4%200

Baton Rouge60.8 mi away

3%136

Hammond20.5 mi away

3%124

Slidell23.6 mi away

2%107

Elmwood36.6 mi away

1%67

Kenner33.6 mi away

1%49

Lafayette115.9 mi away

1%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%2,173

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

How far

How far Covington commutes

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

51%

25%

15%

51%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Covington is a job hub

3.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Covington are

15,950 jobs are based in Covington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Covington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Covington

15,950 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Covington residents hold

4,469 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+16%

Jobs based in Covington, 2013 → 2023: 13,749 → 15,950. 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.