Work & commute · Grosse Tete

Work & commute in Grosse Tete, LA

Most working residents leave Grosse Tete for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (17%), Lafayette (5%) and Plaquemine (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 241 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

53 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 238 Grosse Tete residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grosse Tete.

238live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

65work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grosse Tete goes to work

Baton Rouge18.5 mi away

17%40

Lafayette38 mi away

5%11

Plaquemine14.8 mi away

3%7

Addis10.9 mi away

2%4

Maringouin7 mi away

1%3

Grosse Tete (in town)right here

1%3

Port Allen14 mi away

1%3

Gonzales33.9 mi away

1%3

Hammond59 mi away

1%3

St. Gabriel23.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%161

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

How far

How far Grosse Tete commutes

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

61%

18%

16%

4%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grosse Tete is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grosse Tete are

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

Jobs based in Grosse Tete

68 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities91%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Grosse Tete residents hold

241 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−36%

Jobs based in Grosse Tete, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 68. 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.