Work & commute · Jeanerette

Work & commute in Jeanerette, LA

Most working residents leave Jeanerette for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New Iberia (21%), Lafayette (12%) and Broussard (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

71 of 1,482 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 1,411 Jeanerette residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 318 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jeanerette.

1,411live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

318work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jeanerette goes to work

New Iberia10.6 mi away

21%310

Lafayette29.2 mi away

12%180

Jeanerette (in town)right here

5%71

Broussard22.7 mi away

4%56

Franklin13.4 mi away

4%55

Baton Rouge48.9 mi away

3%46

Charenton8.8 mi away

2%32

New Orleans104.7 mi away

1%16

Youngsville22.9 mi away

1%15

Morgan City32.3 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%688

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

How far

How far Jeanerette commutes

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

24%

33%

23%

20%

24%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jeanerette is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jeanerette are

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

Jobs based in Jeanerette

389 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Jeanerette residents hold

1,482 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−35%

Jobs based in Jeanerette, 2013 → 2023: 597 → 389. 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.