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Work & commute · Forest Hill

Work & commute in Forest Hill, LA

Most working residents leave Forest Hill for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (21%), Pineville (4%) and Glenmora (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
6 of 160 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
1%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 154 Forest Hill residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forest Hill.

154live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
141work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Forest Hill goes to work

GlenmoraMcNaryCottonportBunkieForest HillOakdaleJenaBallWoodworthOpelousasPinevilleAlexandriaLafayetteBaton RougeAlexandriaPinevilleGlenmoraBunkieOakdaleJenaLafayetteBaton RougeCottonportForest Hill
1
Alexandria17.1 mi away
21%34
2
Forest Hill (in town)right here
4%6
3
Pineville21.4 mi away
4%6
4
Glenmora6.3 mi away
2%3
5
Bunkie21 mi away
2%3
6
Oakdale17.9 mi away
2%3
7
Jena50 mi away
2%3
8
Lafayette65.3 mi away
2%3
9
Baton Rouge92.8 mi away
2%3
10
Cottonport28.4 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
59%94

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

How far

How far Forest Hill commutes

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

31%Under 10 mi
44%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Forest Hill is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Forest Hill are

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

Jobs based in Forest Hill

147 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)55%
Trade, transport & utilities8%
Services (health, schools, offices…)37%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month48%
Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Forest Hill residents hold

160 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)39%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)42%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month41%
Over $3,333 a month44%
+23%

Jobs based in Forest Hill, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 147. 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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