Work & commute · Harahan

Work & commute in Harahan, LA

Most working residents leave Harahan for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (25%), Metairie (17%) and Elmwood (12%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

188 of 3,893 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 3,705 Harahan residents head out of town to work, 188 work right here, and 1,847 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harahan.

3,705live here, work elsewhere

188live and work here

1,847work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harahan goes to work

New Orleans17.9 mi away

25%968

Metairie4.4 mi away

17%655

Elmwood1.5 mi away

12%484

Kenner6 mi away

6%218

Jefferson3.2 mi away

5%204

Harahan (in town)right here

5%188

Marrero6.4 mi away

3%106

Baton Rouge65.5 mi away

2%82

Gretna9.2 mi away

2%74

Harvey8.8 mi away

2%65

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%849

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

How far

How far Harahan commutes

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

78%

78%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harahan 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 Harahan are

2,035 jobs are based in Harahan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harahan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Harahan

2,035 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Harahan residents hold

3,893 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−6%

Jobs based in Harahan, 2013 → 2023: 2,164 → 2,035. 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.