Work & commute · Haynesville

Work & commute in Haynesville, LA

Most working residents leave Haynesville for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Homer (14%), Shreveport (7%) and Minden (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

107 of 798 working residents

Typical commute

25 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 691 Haynesville residents head out of town to work, 107 work right here, and 219 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Haynesville.

691live here, work elsewhere

107live and work here

219work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Haynesville goes to work

Homer12.8 mi away

14%108

Haynesville (in town)right here

13%107

Shreveport51.3 mi away

7%59

Minden25.2 mi away

5%41

Arcadia31.3 mi away

4%28

Bossier City42.9 mi away

3%26

Springhill18.9 mi away

2%19

El Dorado, AR32.5 mi away

2%17

Magnolia, AR22 mi away

2%14

Ruston41.8 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%365

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

How far

How far Haynesville commutes

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

22%

29%

26%

24%

22%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Haynesville 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 Haynesville are

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

Jobs based in Haynesville

326 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Haynesville residents hold

798 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−24%

Jobs based in Haynesville, 2013 → 2023: 429 → 326. 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.