Work & commute · Harrisonburg

Work & commute in Harrisonburg, LA

Most working residents leave Harrisonburg for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Jena (9%), Baton Rouge (7%) and Natchez (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

12 of 91 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 79 Harrisonburg residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 513 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harrisonburg.

79live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

513work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harrisonburg goes to work

Harrisonburg (in town)right here

13%12

Jena18.8 mi away

9%8

Baton Rouge100.4 mi away

7%6

Natchez, MS30.1 mi away

5%5

Sicily Island11.1 mi away

3%3

Ferriday18.2 mi away

3%3

Winnsboro28 mi away

3%3

Jonesville10.1 mi away

2%2

Ruston71.1 mi away

2%2

Lynn Haven, FL381.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%46

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

How far

How far Harrisonburg commutes

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

20%

26%

16%

38%

20%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harrisonburg is a job hub

5.77jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harrisonburg are

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

Jobs based in Harrisonburg

525 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Harrisonburg residents hold

91 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+18%

Jobs based in Harrisonburg, 2013 → 2023: 446 → 525. 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.