Work & commute · Grayson

Work & commute in Grayson, LA

Most working residents leave Grayson for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Columbia (11%), Banks Springs (7%) and Monroe (7%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 123 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 122 Grayson residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grayson.

122live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

63work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grayson goes to work

Columbia4.2 mi away

11%13

Banks Springs2.4 mi away

7%9

Monroe32.5 mi away

7%8

Jena24.8 mi away

4%5

West Monroe32 mi away

4%5

Ruston45.4 mi away

4%5

Bossier City96 mi away

3%4

Alexandria56.3 mi away

3%4

Shreveport102.3 mi away

3%4

Clarks2.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%63

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

How far

How far Grayson commutes

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

30%

16%

23%

30%

30%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grayson is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grayson are

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

Jobs based in Grayson

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Grayson residents hold

123 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−40%

Jobs based in Grayson, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 64. 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.