Work & commute · Harvey

Work & commute in Harvey, LA

Most working residents leave Harvey for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (30%), Metairie (9%) and Gretna (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

651 of 7,597 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 6,946 Harvey residents head out of town to work, 651 work right here, and 10,527 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harvey.

6,946live here, work elsewhere

651live and work here

10,527work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harvey goes to work

New Orleans13.8 mi away

30%2,244

Metairie10 mi away

9%667

Harvey (in town)right here

9%651

Gretna1.7 mi away

5%393

Elmwood8.5 mi away

5%370

Marrero2.8 mi away

5%354

Baton Rouge74.2 mi away

3%235

Kenner14.1 mi away

3%212

Belle Chasse4.3 mi away

3%191

Jefferson7.3 mi away

2%177

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%2,103

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

How far

How far Harvey commutes

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

69%

13%

12%

69%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harvey is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Harvey are

11,178 jobs are based in Harvey. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Harvey’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Harvey

11,178 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Harvey residents hold

7,597 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−4%

Jobs based in Harvey, 2013 → 2023: 11,636 → 11,178. 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.