Work & commute · Eastwood

Work & commute in Eastwood, LA

Most working residents leave Eastwood for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Shreveport (35%), Bossier City (21%) and Benton (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 1,694 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,662 Eastwood residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 322 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eastwood.

1,662live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

322work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eastwood goes to work

Shreveport14.9 mi away

35%596

Bossier City6 mi away

21%351

Benton13.6 mi away

8%132

Minden17.3 mi away

3%47

Red Chute3 mi away

2%37

Eastwood (in town)right here

2%32

Haughton4.1 mi away

2%28

Baton Rouge204.8 mi away

1%18

Monroe86.6 mi away

1%15

Ruston54 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%425

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

How far

How far Eastwood commutes

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

31%

51%

15%

31%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eastwood is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eastwood are

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

Jobs based in Eastwood

354 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Eastwood residents hold

1,694 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+48%

Jobs based in Eastwood, 2013 → 2023: 240 → 354. 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.