Work & commute · Estelle

Work & commute in Estelle, LA

Most working residents leave Estelle for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (23%), Metairie (9%) and Harvey (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

133 of 7,581 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 7,448 Estelle residents head out of town to work, 133 work right here, and 630 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Estelle.

7,448live here, work elsewhere

133live and work here

630work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Estelle goes to work

New Orleans17.5 mi away

23%1,774

Metairie11.8 mi away

9%698

Harvey3.7 mi away

7%551

Marrero3.3 mi away

7%512

Elmwood9.6 mi away

6%458

Gretna5.4 mi away

5%407

Kenner15.1 mi away

3%257

Belle Chasse5.6 mi away

3%253

Baton Rouge74.6 mi away

2%160

Jefferson9 mi away

2%156

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,355

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

How far

How far Estelle commutes

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

64%

21%

10%

64%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Estelle is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Estelle are

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

Jobs based in Estelle

763 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Estelle residents hold

7,581 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−25%

Jobs based in Estelle, 2013 → 2023: 1,022 → 763. 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.