Work & commute · Kaplan

Work & commute in Kaplan, LA

Most working residents leave Kaplan for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (20%), Abbeville (15%) and Baton Rouge (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

181 of 1,527 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,346 Kaplan residents head out of town to work, 181 work right here, and 718 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kaplan.

1,346live here, work elsewhere

181live and work here

718work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kaplan goes to work

Lafayette20.6 mi away

20%303

Abbeville9.6 mi away

15%228

Kaplan (in town)right here

12%181

Baton Rouge75.1 mi away

3%46

Broussard21.6 mi away

3%42

Youngsville18.3 mi away

2%38

New Iberia27.7 mi away

2%31

Crowley15.6 mi away

2%24

New Orleans140.6 mi away

1%17

Maurice11.9 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%602

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

How far

How far Kaplan commutes

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

27%

42%

24%

27%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kaplan is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kaplan are

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

Jobs based in Kaplan

899 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Kaplan residents hold

1,527 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−3%

Jobs based in Kaplan, 2013 → 2023: 929 → 899. 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.