Work & commute · Denham Springs

Work & commute in Denham Springs, LA

Most working residents leave Denham Springs for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (29%), Livingston (4%) and New Orleans (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

324 of 3,896 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 3,572 Denham Springs residents head out of town to work, 324 work right here, and 7,107 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Denham Springs.

3,572live here, work elsewhere

324live and work here

7,107work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Denham Springs goes to work

Baton Rouge10.5 mi away

29%1,118

Denham Springs (in town)right here

8%324

Livingston12.7 mi away

4%168

New Orleans67.7 mi away

3%99

Central7.4 mi away

2%78

Metairie57.2 mi away

2%67

Gonzales18.2 mi away

2%63

Hammond30.1 mi away

1%53

Prairieville11.1 mi away

1%52

Walker5.5 mi away

1%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,826

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

How far

How far Denham Springs commutes

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

40%

37%

16%

40%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Denham Springs is a job hub

1.91jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Denham Springs are

7,431 jobs are based in Denham Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Denham Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Denham Springs

7,431 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Denham Springs residents hold

3,896 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+12%

Jobs based in Denham Springs, 2013 → 2023: 6,623 → 7,431. 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.