Work & commute · Erath

Work & commute in Erath, LA

Most working residents leave Erath for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (19%), Abbeville (14%) and New Iberia (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 770 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 737 Erath residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 279 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Erath.

737live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

279work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Erath goes to work

Lafayette17.2 mi away

19%146

Abbeville5.5 mi away

14%111

New Iberia13.4 mi away

6%47

Erath (in town)right here

4%33

Youngsville9.8 mi away

4%33

Broussard13.3 mi away

4%28

Baton Rouge63.6 mi away

3%21

Delcambre2.8 mi away

2%13

Gray77.7 mi away

1%7

Scott19.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%325

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

How far

How far Erath commutes

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

31%

44%

21%

31%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Erath is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Erath are

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

Jobs based in Erath

312 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Erath residents hold

770 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+25%

Jobs based in Erath, 2013 → 2023: 249 → 312. 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.