Work & commute · Egan

Work & commute in Egan, LA

Most working residents leave Egan for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Crowley (20%), Lafayette (13%) and Rayne (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 218 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 216 Egan residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Egan.

216live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Egan goes to work

Crowley8.3 mi away

20%44

Lafayette28.8 mi away

13%28

Rayne14.4 mi away

6%12

Jennings9.1 mi away

5%10

Baton Rouge83.2 mi away

4%9

Broussard33.9 mi away

3%7

Opelousas31.7 mi away

2%5

Iota5.3 mi away

2%4

Scott24.7 mi away

2%4

Youngsville32.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%92

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

How far

How far Egan commutes

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

33%

14%

31%

22%

33%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Egan is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Egan are

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

Jobs based in Egan

106 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Egan residents hold

218 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+51%

Jobs based in Egan, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 106. 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.