Work & commute · Edgefield

Work & commute in Edgefield, LA

Most working residents leave Edgefield for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Coushatta (26%), Shreveport (8%) and Baton Rouge (5%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 91 working residents

Typical commute

34 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 90 Edgefield residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edgefield.

90live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edgefield goes to work

Coushatta1.7 mi away

26%24

Shreveport39.2 mi away

8%7

Baton Rouge171.2 mi away

5%5

Pineville73.2 mi away

3%3

Natchitoches25.8 mi away

3%3

Ruston52.8 mi away

3%3

Bossier City37.7 mi away

3%3

Arcadia42.2 mi away

2%2

Edgefield (in town)right here

1%1

Ringgold19.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%39

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

How far

How far Edgefield commutes

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

35%

28%

30%

35%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edgefield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Edgefield are

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

Jobs based in Edgefield

88 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Edgefield residents hold

91 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+7%

Jobs based in Edgefield, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 88. 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.