Work & commute · Greensburg

Work & commute in Greensburg, LA

Most working residents leave Greensburg for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (12%), Amite City (10%) and Hammond (9%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 240 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 230 Greensburg residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 703 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greensburg.

230live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

703work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greensburg goes to work

Baton Rouge38.3 mi away

12%29

Amite City11.4 mi away

10%24

Hammond25.8 mi away

9%21

Greensburg (in town)right here

4%10

Lafayette91.6 mi away

3%7

New Orleans69.3 mi away

3%6

Laplace53.6 mi away

2%5

Kentwood11.7 mi away

2%4

Metairie64.6 mi away

2%4

Livingston23.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%127

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

How far

How far Greensburg commutes

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

11%

30%

39%

21%

11%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greensburg is a job hub

2.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greensburg are

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

Jobs based in Greensburg

713 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Greensburg residents hold

240 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+62%

Jobs based in Greensburg, 2013 → 2023: 439 → 713. 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.