Work & commute · Kinder

Work & commute in Kinder, LA

Most working residents leave Kinder for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Charles (11%), Oberlin (7%) and Lafayette (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

73 of 856 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 783 Kinder residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 704 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kinder.

783live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

704work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kinder goes to work

Lake Charles29 mi away

11%98

Kinder (in town)right here

9%73

Oberlin9.8 mi away

7%56

Lafayette52.7 mi away

4%32

Jennings21.3 mi away

2%15

Baton Rouge102.5 mi away

2%13

Alexandria60.4 mi away

1%11

Sulphur34.8 mi away

1%10

New Orleans176.6 mi away

1%10

DeRidder36.3 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%529

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

How far

How far Kinder commutes

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

28%

16%

27%

28%

28%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kinder is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kinder are

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

Jobs based in Kinder

777 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Kinder residents hold

856 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+51%

Jobs based in Kinder, 2013 → 2023: 516 → 777. 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.