Work & commute · Duson

Work & commute in Duson, LA

Most working residents leave Duson for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (43%), Scott (5%) and Broussard (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 459 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 457 Duson residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 335 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Duson.

457live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

335work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Duson goes to work

Lafayette9.8 mi away

43%196

Scott5.6 mi away

5%22

Broussard15.6 mi away

3%14

Crowley11.2 mi away

3%12

Rayne4.7 mi away

2%11

Baton Rouge64.6 mi away

2%10

Houston, TX194 mi away

2%8

Lake Charles61.1 mi away

2%7

Carencro10.3 mi away

1%6

Opelousas20.8 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%167

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

How far

How far Duson commutes

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

38%

36%

21%

38%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Duson is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Duson are

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

Jobs based in Duson

337 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Duson residents hold

459 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+11%

Jobs based in Duson, 2013 → 2023: 303 → 337. 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.