Work & commute · Gardere

Work & commute in Gardere, LA

Most working residents leave Gardere for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (41%), New Orleans (4%) and Lafayette (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 4,386 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 4,331 Gardere residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 1,152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gardere.

4,331live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

1,152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gardere goes to work

Baton Rouge5.8 mi away

41%1,793

New Orleans74.7 mi away

4%156

Lafayette54.4 mi away

2%85

Metairie62.4 mi away

2%74

Gonzales16.2 mi away

2%66

Prairieville11 mi away

1%63

Gardere (in town)right here

1%55

St. Gabriel7.4 mi away

1%46

Denham Springs13.2 mi away

1%34

Hammond41.8 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,981

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

How far

How far Gardere commutes

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

66%

11%

19%

66%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gardere is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gardere are

1,207 jobs are based in Gardere. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gardere’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gardere

1,207 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Gardere residents hold

4,386 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+3%

Jobs based in Gardere, 2013 → 2023: 1,173 → 1,207. 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.