Work & commute · Dulac

Work & commute in Dulac, LA

Most working residents leave Dulac for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bayou Cane (12%), New Orleans (3%) and Baton Rouge (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 388 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 375 Dulac residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dulac.

375live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dulac goes to work

Bayou Cane15.8 mi away

12%47

Dulac (in town)right here

3%13

New Orleans64 mi away

3%10

Baton Rouge76.6 mi away

3%10

Lafayette97.5 mi away

2%9

Galliano23.4 mi away

2%9

Morgan City36.8 mi away

2%8

Thibodaux28.2 mi away

2%7

Bayou Blue16.1 mi away

2%7

Gray19.9 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%262

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

How far

How far Dulac commutes

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

53%

14%

25%

8%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dulac is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dulac are

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

Jobs based in Dulac

160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Dulac residents hold

388 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−47%

Jobs based in Dulac, 2013 → 2023: 304 → 160. 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.