Work & commute · Good Pine

Work & commute in Good Pine, LA

Most working residents leave Good Pine for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Jena (23%), Pineville (5%) and Alexandria (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

9 of 60 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 51 Good Pine residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 417 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Good Pine.

51live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

417work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Good Pine goes to work

Jena2 mi away

23%14

Good Pine (in town)right here

15%9

Pineville28.2 mi away

5%3

Alexandria33 mi away

5%3

Urania13.9 mi away

3%2

West Monroe56.5 mi away

3%2

Opelousas80.9 mi away

3%2

Midway1.6 mi away

3%2

Mansura43.7 mi away

2%1

Leesville76.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%21

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

How far

How far Good Pine commutes

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

42%

10%

14%

34%

42%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Good Pine is a job hub

7.10jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Good Pine are

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

Jobs based in Good Pine

426 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Good Pine residents hold

60 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+41%

Jobs based in Good Pine, 2013 → 2023: 303 → 426. 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.