Work & commute · Hester

Work & commute in Hester, LA

Most working residents leave Hester for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Convent (9%), Lutcher (6%) and Gonzales (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 207 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 201 Hester residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 535 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hester.

201live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

535work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hester goes to work

Convent3.3 mi away

9%18

Lutcher4.1 mi away

6%13

Gonzales15.5 mi away

6%12

New Orleans50 mi away

6%12

Garyville8.5 mi away

4%9

Norco21.9 mi away

3%7

Laplace17.7 mi away

3%7

Baton Rouge35.7 mi away

3%6

Hester (in town)right here

3%6

Union8.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%112

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

How far

How far Hester commutes

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

34%

31%

29%

34%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hester is a job hub

2.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hester are

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

Jobs based in Hester

541 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)97%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less1%

$1,251–$3,333 a month2%

Over $3,333 a month97%

Jobs Hester residents hold

207 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+132%

Jobs based in Hester, 2013 → 2023: 233 → 541. 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.