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Work & commute in Dry Prong, LA

Most working residents leave Dry Prong for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (21%), Colfax (13%) and Pineville (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
5 of 160 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
33 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 155 Dry Prong residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dry Prong.

155live here, work elsewhere
5live and work here
57work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Dry Prong goes to work

GeorgetownDry ProngColfaxSterlingtonMansfieldPollockBallPinevilleNatchitochesRustonAlexandriaLafayetteBaton RougeKosciuskoColumbusRock HillAlexandriaColfaxPinevilleBallBaton RougeNatchitochesMansfieldRustonLafayetteDry Prong
1
Alexandria20.2 mi away
21%33
2
Colfax10.8 mi away
13%20
3
Pineville18 mi away
9%14
4
Dry Prong (in town)right here
3%5
5
Ball13.4 mi away
3%5
6
Baton Rouge114.3 mi away
3%4
7
Natchitoches35.1 mi away
2%3
8
Mansfield75.4 mi away
1%2
9
Ruston66.1 mi away
1%2
10
Lafayette99.5 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%70

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

How far

How far Dry Prong commutes

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

12%Under 10 mi
58%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Dry Prong is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dry Prong are

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

Jobs based in Dry Prong

62 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)3%
Trade, transport & utilities35%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Dry Prong residents hold

160 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month52%
+520%

Jobs based in Dry Prong, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 62. 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.

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