Work & commute · Gueydan

Work & commute in Gueydan, LA

Most working residents leave Gueydan for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (12%), Abbeville (9%) and Crowley (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

59 of 427 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 368 Gueydan residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gueydan.

368live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

128work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gueydan goes to work

Gueydan (in town)right here

14%59

Lafayette31.1 mi away

12%51

Abbeville23 mi away

9%40

Crowley15.3 mi away

5%23

Jennings16.2 mi away

4%16

Kaplan13.4 mi away

2%10

Youngsville30.9 mi away

2%9

Baton Rouge87 mi away

2%9

New Iberia41.1 mi away

1%6

Lake Arthur10.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%199

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

How far

How far Gueydan commutes

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

18%

29%

28%

24%

18%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gueydan is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gueydan are

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

Jobs based in Gueydan

187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Gueydan residents hold

427 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−22%

Jobs based in Gueydan, 2013 → 2023: 240 → 187. 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.