Work & commute · Estherwood

Work & commute in Estherwood, LA

Most working residents leave Estherwood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Crowley (19%), Lafayette (16%) and Baton Rouge (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 214 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 211 Estherwood residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Estherwood.

211live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Estherwood goes to work

Crowley5.8 mi away

19%41

Lafayette26 mi away

16%35

Baton Rouge81.5 mi away

5%10

Jennings12 mi away

3%7

Rayne12.4 mi away

3%6

Mermentau7.2 mi away

2%5

Metairie137.2 mi away

2%5

Broussard30.5 mi away

2%4

New Orleans151.4 mi away

2%4

Lake Charles44.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%93

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

How far

How far Estherwood commutes

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

29%

23%

18%

30%

29%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Estherwood is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Estherwood are

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

Jobs based in Estherwood

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Estherwood residents hold

214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−43%

Jobs based in Estherwood, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 39. 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.