Work & commute · DeQuincy

Work & commute in DeQuincy, LA

Most working residents leave DeQuincy for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Charles (28%), Sulphur (7%) and Carlyss (2%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

128 of 978 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 850 DeQuincy residents head out of town to work, 128 work right here, and 624 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in DeQuincy.

850live here, work elsewhere

128live and work here

624work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where DeQuincy goes to work

Lake Charles22.2 mi away

28%271

DeQuincy (in town)right here

13%128

Sulphur16.1 mi away

7%72

Carlyss19.3 mi away

2%22

Lafayette86.1 mi away

2%19

Baton Rouge137.9 mi away

2%16

New Orleans211.3 mi away

1%11

Westlake16.9 mi away

1%9

Moss Bluff17.2 mi away

1%9

Alexandria82.2 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%413

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

How far

How far DeQuincy commutes

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

19%

54%

22%

19%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

DeQuincy is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in DeQuincy are

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

Jobs based in DeQuincy

752 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs DeQuincy residents hold

978 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−18%

Jobs based in DeQuincy, 2013 → 2023: 914 → 752. 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.