Work & commute · Gibsland

Work & commute in Gibsland, LA

Most working residents leave Gibsland for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Arcadia (15%), Minden (13%) and Shreveport (11%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 293 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 284 Gibsland residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gibsland.

284live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

73work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gibsland goes to work

Arcadia7.8 mi away

15%43

Minden13.8 mi away

13%39

Shreveport43.2 mi away

11%33

Ruston24.5 mi away

5%16

Gibsland (in town)right here

3%9

Bossier City35 mi away

2%7

West Monroe52.7 mi away

2%5

Natchitoches55.7 mi away

2%5

Monroe57 mi away

2%5

Houston, TX235.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%126

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

How far

How far Gibsland commutes

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

21%

28%

26%

25%

21%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gibsland 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 Gibsland are

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

Jobs based in Gibsland

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Gibsland residents hold

293 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−27%

Jobs based in Gibsland, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 82. 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.