Work & commute · Grambling

Work & commute in Grambling, LA

Most working residents leave Grambling for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Ruston (32%), Monroe (6%) and Shreveport (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

116 of 1,176 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,060 Grambling residents head out of town to work, 116 work right here, and 685 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grambling.

1,060live here, work elsewhere

116live and work here

685work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grambling goes to work

Ruston4.3 mi away

32%371

Grambling (in town)right here

10%116

Monroe36.8 mi away

6%75

Shreveport63.3 mi away

6%75

Arcadia12.5 mi away

4%43

Baton Rouge171.4 mi away

2%21

Bossier City55.2 mi away

1%16

West Monroe32.4 mi away

1%15

Alexandria86.3 mi away

1%15

Lafayette165.2 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%415

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

How far

How far Grambling commutes

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

48%

13%

32%

48%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grambling is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grambling are

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

Jobs based in Grambling

801 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Grambling residents hold

1,176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−16%

Jobs based in Grambling, 2013 → 2023: 958 → 801. 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.