Work & commute · Jennings

Work & commute in Jennings, LA

About one in 3 of Jennings’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lake Charles (11%), Lafayette (8%) and Crowley (3%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

1,024 of 3,546 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 2,522 Jennings residents head out of town to work, 1,024 work right here, and 3,481 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jennings.

2,522live here, work elsewhere

1,024live and work here

3,481work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jennings goes to work

Jennings (in town)right here

29%1,024

Lake Charles33 mi away

11%393

Lafayette37.6 mi away

8%281

Crowley16.9 mi away

3%96

Baton Rouge92.3 mi away

2%70

Alexandria74.7 mi away

2%61

Welsh9.2 mi away

2%60

Shreveport168.8 mi away

1%45

New Orleans163.2 mi away

1%37

Sulphur41.7 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,443

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

How far

How far Jennings commutes

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

35%

32%

24%

35%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jennings is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jennings are

4,505 jobs are based in Jennings. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jennings’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jennings

4,505 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Jennings residents hold

3,546 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−18%

Jobs based in Jennings, 2013 → 2023: 5,462 → 4,505. 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.