Work & commute · Delcambre

Work & commute in Delcambre, LA

Most working residents leave Delcambre for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (18%), New Iberia (9%) and Abbeville (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 803 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 776 Delcambre residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 183 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Delcambre.

776live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

183work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Delcambre goes to work

Lafayette17.8 mi away

18%142

New Iberia10.9 mi away

9%74

Abbeville8.3 mi away

9%73

Broussard13.1 mi away

6%46

Delcambre (in town)right here

3%27

Baton Rouge61.6 mi away

3%24

Youngsville10 mi away

3%21

Erath2.8 mi away

1%8

Morgan City50.8 mi away

1%7

Scott20.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%374

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

How far

How far Delcambre commutes

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

31%

46%

19%

31%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Delcambre is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Delcambre are

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

Jobs based in Delcambre

210 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Delcambre residents hold

803 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−7%

Jobs based in Delcambre, 2013 → 2023: 225 → 210. 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.