Work & commute · Edgard

Work & commute in Edgard, LA

Most working residents leave Edgard for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Luling (9%), Reserve (8%) and Laplace (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 719 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 707 Edgard residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edgard.

707live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

81work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edgard goes to work

Luling14.6 mi away

9%67

Reserve3 mi away

8%58

Laplace4.9 mi away

7%47

New Orleans36.5 mi away

6%45

Baton Rouge45.1 mi away

5%37

Kenner17.4 mi away

4%28

Metairie22.1 mi away

4%27

Jefferson23.7 mi away

3%22

Hahnville8.6 mi away

3%19

Lutcher10.3 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%354

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

How far

How far Edgard commutes

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

26%

33%

26%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edgard is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Edgard are

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

Jobs based in Edgard

93 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Edgard residents hold

719 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+31%

Jobs based in Edgard, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 93. 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.