Work & commute · Gonzales

Work & commute in Gonzales, LA

Most working residents leave Gonzales for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (19%), Donaldsonville (5%) and Prairieville (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

725 of 5,606 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 4,881 Gonzales residents head out of town to work, 725 work right here, and 10,343 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gonzales.

4,881live here, work elsewhere

725live and work here

10,343work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gonzales goes to work

Baton Rouge20.1 mi away

19%1,045

Gonzales (in town)right here

13%725

Donaldsonville9.1 mi away

5%286

Prairieville7.3 mi away

3%173

New Orleans60.1 mi away

2%132

St. Gabriel11 mi away

2%97

Metairie47 mi away

1%73

Lafayette66.1 mi away

1%72

Hammond34.5 mi away

1%52

Laplace28.3 mi away

1%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%2,899

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

How far

How far Gonzales commutes

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

35%

42%

11%

12%

35%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gonzales is a job hub

1.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Gonzales are

11,068 jobs are based in Gonzales. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gonzales’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gonzales

11,068 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Gonzales residents hold

5,606 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+7%

Jobs based in Gonzales, 2013 → 2023: 10,384 → 11,068. 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.