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Work & commute · Ferriday

Work & commute in Ferriday, LA

Most working residents leave Ferriday for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Vidalia (12%), Natchez (10%) and Minorca (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
15%
139 of 942 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
5%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 803 Ferriday residents head out of town to work, 139 work right here, and 673 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ferriday.

803live here, work elsewhere
139live and work here
673work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Ferriday goes to work

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1
Ferriday (in town)right here
15%139
2
Vidalia8.3 mi away
12%111
3
Natchez, MS11.9 mi away
10%93
4
Minorca5.7 mi away
4%37
5
Melville66.1 mi away
3%26
6
Jonesville16.4 mi away
2%22
7
Baton Rouge86.1 mi away
2%19
8
Monroe68.3 mi away
2%16
9
Alexandria58.8 mi away
2%16
10
Lafayette102.5 mi away
2%16
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%447

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

How far

How far Ferriday commutes

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

43%Under 10 mi
15%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
36%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Ferriday is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ferriday are

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

Jobs based in Ferriday

812 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)3%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)87%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month47%
Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Ferriday residents hold

942 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month47%
Over $3,333 a month31%
−4%

Jobs based in Ferriday, 2013 → 2023: 850 → 812. 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.

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