Work & commute · Jean Lafitte

Work & commute in Jean Lafitte, LA

Most working residents leave Jean Lafitte for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (11%), Metairie (9%) and Harvey (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 641 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 595 Jean Lafitte residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jean Lafitte.

595live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

144work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jean Lafitte goes to work

New Orleans23 mi away

11%71

Metairie17.4 mi away

9%60

Jean Lafitte (in town)right here

7%46

Harvey9.6 mi away

7%45

Marrero9.2 mi away

6%38

Belle Chasse9.4 mi away

5%32

Gretna11.3 mi away

5%29

Baton Rouge77.8 mi away

3%21

Lafitte3 mi away

3%19

Kenner20 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%266

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

How far

How far Jean Lafitte commutes

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

24%

54%

16%

24%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jean Lafitte is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jean Lafitte are

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

Jobs based in Jean Lafitte

190 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities71%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Jean Lafitte residents hold

641 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−34%

Jobs based in Jean Lafitte, 2013 → 2023: 290 → 190. 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.