Work & commute · Grand Isle

Work & commute in Grand Isle, LA

About one in 3 of Grand Isle’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (10%), Lafayette (4%) and Marrero (4%). Half commute less than 50 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

66 of 230 working residents

Typical commute

50 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 164 Grand Isle residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 202 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Isle.

164live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

202work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Isle goes to work

Grand Isle (in town)right here

29%66

New Orleans58.3 mi away

10%22

Lafayette138.3 mi away

4%9

Marrero46.8 mi away

4%9

Baton Rouge107.6 mi away

3%7

Belle Chasse44.6 mi away

2%5

Larose32.1 mi away

2%5

Metairie54.9 mi away

2%5

Slidell75.8 mi away

2%4

Gretna48.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%95

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

How far

How far Grand Isle commutes

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

30%

17%

50%

30%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Isle is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Isle are

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

Jobs based in Grand Isle

268 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Grand Isle residents hold

230 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−15%

Jobs based in Grand Isle, 2013 → 2023: 314 → 268. 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.