Work & commute · Kentwood

Work & commute in Kentwood, LA

Most working residents leave Kentwood for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Amite City (12%), Hammond (11%) and Baton Rouge (5%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

82 of 725 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 643 Kentwood residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 564 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kentwood.

643live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

564work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kentwood goes to work

Amite City13.9 mi away

12%87

Hammond29.8 mi away

11%83

Kentwood (in town)right here

11%82

Baton Rouge49.9 mi away

5%39

New Orleans70 mi away

4%30

Greensburg11.7 mi away

3%19

Metairie67.8 mi away

2%17

Ponchatoula34.3 mi away

2%11

Prairieville50.3 mi away

2%11

Independence20.6 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%336

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

How far

How far Kentwood commutes

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

14%

22%

34%

30%

14%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kentwood is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kentwood are

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

Jobs based in Kentwood

646 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Kentwood residents hold

725 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+20%

Jobs based in Kentwood, 2013 → 2023: 539 → 646. 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.