Work & commute · Echo

Work & commute in Echo, LA

Most working residents leave Echo for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (43%), Pineville (6%) and Lake Charles (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 111 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 111 Echo residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Echo.

111live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Echo goes to work

Alexandria18.6 mi away

43%48

Pineville19 mi away

6%7

Lake Charles85.3 mi away

3%3

Opelousas41.4 mi away

2%2

Lafayette63.5 mi away

2%2

Chicago, IL783 mi away

1%1

Mamou34.4 mi away

1%1

Colfax39.3 mi away

1%1

Mansura11.5 mi away

1%1

Winnfield61.1 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%44

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

How far

How far Echo commutes

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

64%

28%

3%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Echo 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 Echo are

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

Jobs based in Echo

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Echo residents hold

111 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+975%

Jobs based in Echo, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 43. 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.