Work & commute · Lacassine

Work & commute in Lacassine, LA

Most working residents leave Lacassine for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Charles (31%), Jennings (8%) and Lafayette (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 184 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 183 Lacassine residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lacassine.

183live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lacassine goes to work

Lake Charles17.5 mi away

31%57

Jennings15.7 mi away

8%14

Lafayette53.3 mi away

4%8

Sulphur26 mi away

4%7

Iowa5.5 mi away

3%5

Baton Rouge107.7 mi away

2%4

Carlyss27.1 mi away

2%4

Welsh6.5 mi away

2%3

Shreveport162.7 mi away

2%3

Westlake20.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%77

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

How far

How far Lacassine commutes

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

58%

10%

24%

8%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lacassine is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lacassine are

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

Jobs based in Lacassine

49 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Lacassine residents hold

184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+81%

Jobs based in Lacassine, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 49. 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.