Work & commute · Elmwood

Work & commute in Elmwood, LA

Most working residents leave Elmwood for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (35%), Metairie (15%) and Jefferson (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

299 of 2,382 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,083 Elmwood residents head out of town to work, 299 work right here, and 25,105 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elmwood.

2,083live here, work elsewhere

299live and work here

25,105work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elmwood goes to work

New Orleans16.6 mi away

35%830

Metairie3 mi away

15%365

Elmwood (in town)right here

13%299

Jefferson1.9 mi away

6%138

Kenner5.6 mi away

5%130

Marrero6.5 mi away

2%56

Baton Rouge65.7 mi away

2%55

Gretna8.7 mi away

1%34

Harvey8.5 mi away

1%32

Lafayette111.5 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%423

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

How far

How far Elmwood commutes

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

80%

80%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elmwood is a job hub

10.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

10.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Elmwood are

25,404 jobs are based in Elmwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elmwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elmwood

25,404 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Elmwood residents hold

2,382 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+1%

Jobs based in Elmwood, 2013 → 2023: 25,220 → 25,404. 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.