Work & commute · Kenner

Work & commute in Kenner, LA

Most working residents leave Kenner for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (22%), Metairie (20%) and Elmwood (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

3,876 of 23,492 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 19,616 Kenner residents head out of town to work, 3,876 work right here, and 20,929 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kenner.

19,616live here, work elsewhere

3,876live and work here

20,929work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kenner goes to work

New Orleans19.4 mi away

22%5,241

Metairie4.7 mi away

20%4,669

Kenner (in town)right here

16%3,876

Elmwood5.6 mi away

6%1,469

Baton Rouge60.2 mi away

3%672

Jefferson6.8 mi away

3%653

Marrero12.1 mi away

3%639

St. Rose4.5 mi away

2%375

Harvey14.1 mi away

1%328

Gretna14 mi away

1%297

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%5,273

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

How far

How far Kenner commutes

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

55%

28%

10%

55%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kenner is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kenner are

24,805 jobs are based in Kenner. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kenner’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kenner

24,805 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Kenner residents hold

23,492 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+15%

Jobs based in Kenner, 2013 → 2023: 21,636 → 24,805. 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.