Work & commute · Iota

Work & commute in Iota, LA

Most working residents leave Iota for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Crowley (15%), Lafayette (14%) and Jennings (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 427 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 414 Iota residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Iota.

414live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Iota goes to work

Crowley10.4 mi away

15%64

Lafayette29 mi away

14%60

Jennings12 mi away

7%31

Eunice12.2 mi away

4%18

Baton Rouge81.7 mi away

4%15

Iota (in town)right here

3%13

Opelousas28.2 mi away

2%10

New Iberia46 mi away

2%9

New Orleans154.1 mi away

2%8

Metairie140.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%191

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

How far

How far Iota commutes

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

15%

29%

31%

24%

15%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Iota is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Iota are

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

Jobs based in Iota

93 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Iota residents hold

427 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−8%

Jobs based in Iota, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 93. 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.