Work & commute · French Settlement

Work & commute in French Settlement, LA

Most working residents leave French Settlement for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (15%), Livingston (4%) and Gonzales (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 448 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 442 French Settlement residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in French Settlement.

442live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

93work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where French Settlement goes to work

Baton Rouge20.3 mi away

15%65

Livingston11.6 mi away

4%20

Gonzales10.8 mi away

4%16

Prairieville8.8 mi away

3%15

Donaldsonville19.9 mi away

2%8

Metairie44.7 mi away

2%8

French Settlement (in town)right here

1%6

Hammond24.3 mi away

1%6

Denham Springs12.9 mi away

1%4

St. Gabriel18.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

66%296

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

How far

How far French Settlement commutes

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

22%

57%

12%

22%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

French Settlement is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in French Settlement are

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

Jobs based in French Settlement

99 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs French Settlement residents hold

448 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+120%

Jobs based in French Settlement, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 99. 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.