Work & commute · Hessmer

Work & commute in Hessmer, LA

Most working residents leave Hessmer for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (15%), Marksville (15%) and Mansura (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 274 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 265 Hessmer residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hessmer.

265live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hessmer goes to work

Alexandria26.5 mi away

15%42

Marksville6 mi away

15%40

Mansura4.2 mi away

5%15

Bunkie7.9 mi away

5%13

Hessmer (in town)right here

3%9

Cottonport6.1 mi away

3%7

Pineville26.2 mi away

3%7

Baton Rouge72.4 mi away

2%6

St. Francisville47.9 mi away

1%3

Opelousas36.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%129

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

How far

How far Hessmer commutes

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

44%

26%

25%

44%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hessmer is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hessmer are

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

Jobs based in Hessmer

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Hessmer residents hold

274 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+2%

Jobs based in Hessmer, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 89. 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.