Work & commute · Henderson

Work & commute in Henderson, LA

Most working residents leave Henderson for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (22%), Breaux Bridge (8%) and Broussard (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

91 of 617 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 526 Henderson residents head out of town to work, 91 work right here, and 411 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Henderson.

526live here, work elsewhere

91live and work here

411work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Henderson goes to work

Lafayette15.5 mi away

22%133

Henderson (in town)right here

15%91

Breaux Bridge6.5 mi away

8%51

Broussard15.4 mi away

4%24

Baton Rouge41 mi away

4%22

St. Martinville13.2 mi away

2%14

New Orleans113.1 mi away

2%10

Opelousas21.9 mi away

1%9

Scott18.2 mi away

1%9

New Iberia21.6 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%245

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

How far

How far Henderson commutes

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

26%

42%

11%

21%

26%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Henderson is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Henderson are

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

Jobs based in Henderson

502 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Henderson residents hold

617 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+1%

Jobs based in Henderson, 2013 → 2023: 498 → 502. 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.