Work & commute · Hammond

Work & commute in Hammond, LA

About one in 4 of Hammond’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Amite City (6%), Baton Rouge (5%) and New Orleans (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

2,029 of 7,347 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 5,318 Hammond residents head out of town to work, 2,029 work right here, and 19,451 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hammond.

5,318live here, work elsewhere

2,029live and work here

19,451work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hammond goes to work

Hammond (in town)right here

28%2,029

Amite City16 mi away

6%450

Baton Rouge40.5 mi away

5%394

New Orleans44.1 mi away

4%278

Ponchatoula4.6 mi away

3%198

Metairie38.9 mi away

3%185

Covington20.5 mi away

2%142

Mandeville22.6 mi away

1%110

Elmwood41.3 mi away

1%107

Kenner36.3 mi away

1%97

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%3,357

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

How far

How far Hammond commutes

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

41%

18%

32%

10%

41%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hammond is a job hub

2.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hammond are

21,480 jobs are based in Hammond. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hammond’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hammond

21,480 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Hammond residents hold

7,347 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+12%

Jobs based in Hammond, 2013 → 2023: 19,195 → 21,480. 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.