Work & commute · Downsville

Work & commute in Downsville, LA

Most working residents leave Downsville for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Monroe (13%), West Monroe (11%) and Ruston (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 56 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 56 Downsville residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Downsville.

56live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Downsville goes to work

Monroe20.9 mi away

13%7

West Monroe17.2 mi away

11%6

Ruston14.4 mi away

9%5

Farmerville10.3 mi away

5%3

Lafayette168.7 mi away

5%3

Claiborne13.9 mi away

5%3

Baton Rouge168.7 mi away

4%2

Brownsville17.5 mi away

4%2

Baskin46.4 mi away

2%1

Winnfield50.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%23

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

How far

How far Downsville commutes

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

58%

35%

5%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Downsville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Downsville are

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

Jobs based in Downsville

60 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Downsville residents hold

56 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+11%

Jobs based in Downsville, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 60. 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.