Work & commute · Donaldsonville

Work & commute in Donaldsonville, LA

Most working residents leave Donaldsonville for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (12%), Gonzales (6%) and New Orleans (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

427 of 2,652 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 2,225 Donaldsonville residents head out of town to work, 427 work right here, and 4,723 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Donaldsonville.

2,225live here, work elsewhere

427live and work here

4,723work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Donaldsonville goes to work

Donaldsonville (in town)right here

16%427

Baton Rouge25.4 mi away

12%312

Gonzales9.1 mi away

6%165

New Orleans63.3 mi away

4%99

Prairieville15.2 mi away

2%58

Metairie49.2 mi away

2%45

Lafayette62.4 mi away

1%37

Hammond42.8 mi away

1%34

Laplace30.9 mi away

1%29

St. Gabriel12.8 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,420

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

How far

How far Donaldsonville commutes

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

31%

33%

17%

19%

31%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Donaldsonville is a job hub

1.94jobs 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 Donaldsonville are

5,150 jobs are based in Donaldsonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Donaldsonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Donaldsonville

5,150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Donaldsonville residents hold

2,652 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−6%

Jobs based in Donaldsonville, 2013 → 2023: 5,499 → 5,150. 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.