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Work & commute in Folsom, LA

Most working residents leave Folsom for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Covington (16%), New Orleans (11%) and Metairie (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
7 of 331 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
35 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 324 Folsom residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Folsom.

324live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
211work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Folsom goes to work

AngieFolsomFranklintonPonchatoulaCovingtonMandevilleBogalusaHammondKennerSlidellNew OrleansLafayetteBaton RougeBelle ChasseMetairieCovingtonNew OrleansMetairieBaton RougeHammondMandevilleSlidellKennerLafayetteFolsom
1
Covington11.7 mi away
16%52
2
New Orleans43 mi away
11%38
3
Metairie44 mi away
5%17
4
Baton Rouge57.2 mi away
3%10
5
Hammond17.7 mi away
3%9
6
Folsom (in town)right here
2%7
7
Mandeville18.4 mi away
2%7
8
Slidell34.2 mi away
2%7
9
Kenner43.1 mi away
2%5
10
Lafayette113.1 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%174

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

How far

How far Folsom commutes

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

8%Under 10 mi
44%10–24 mi
28%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Folsom is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Folsom are

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

Jobs based in Folsom

218 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)5%
Trade, transport & utilities59%
Services (health, schools, offices…)37%
$1,250 a month or less33%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%
Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Folsom residents hold

331 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month58%
−10%

Jobs based in Folsom, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 218. 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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