Work & commute · Haughton

Work & commute in Haughton, LA

Most working residents leave Haughton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Shreveport (34%), Bossier City (21%) and Benton (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

75 of 1,808 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,733 Haughton residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 661 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Haughton.

1,733live here, work elsewhere

75live and work here

661work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Haughton goes to work

Shreveport17.3 mi away

34%606

Bossier City8.8 mi away

21%383

Benton17.7 mi away

7%127

Haughton (in town)right here

4%75

Minden14.9 mi away

4%74

Baton Rouge200.8 mi away

2%32

Red Chute7 mi away

1%26

Monroe83.1 mi away

1%19

New Orleans271.4 mi away

1%16

Ruston50.6 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%437

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

How far

How far Haughton commutes

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

14%

68%

14%

14%Under 10 mi

68%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Haughton is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Haughton are

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

Jobs based in Haughton

736 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Haughton residents hold

1,808 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+102%

Jobs based in Haughton, 2013 → 2023: 365 → 736. 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.