Work & commute · Gramercy

Work & commute in Gramercy, LA

Most working residents leave Gramercy for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lutcher (10%), New Orleans (6%) and Laplace (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 1,276 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,227 Gramercy residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 484 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gramercy.

1,227live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

484work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gramercy goes to work

Lutcher1.1 mi away

10%124

New Orleans45.4 mi away

6%76

Laplace13 mi away

6%71

Baton Rouge37 mi away

5%64

Gramercy (in town)right here

4%49

Metairie31.2 mi away

4%46

Reserve8.3 mi away

4%45

Garyville3.6 mi away

3%42

Convent8.3 mi away

3%41

Gonzales17.2 mi away

3%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%682

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

How far

How far Gramercy commutes

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

32%

22%

39%

32%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gramercy is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gramercy are

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

Jobs based in Gramercy

533 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Gramercy residents hold

1,276 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−59%

Jobs based in Gramercy, 2013 → 2023: 1,314 → 533. 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.