Work & commute · Lacombe

Work & commute in Lacombe, LA

Most working residents leave Lacombe for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (13%), Slidell (10%) and Covington (10%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

124 of 3,357 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 3,233 Lacombe residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 695 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lacombe.

3,233live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

695work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lacombe goes to work

New Orleans18.1 mi away

13%450

Slidell9 mi away

10%336

Covington15.8 mi away

10%333

Mandeville11.3 mi away

5%175

Metairie26.5 mi away

5%164

Lacombe (in town)right here

4%124

Baton Rouge72.1 mi away

2%83

Elmwood29.2 mi away

2%73

Kenner28.6 mi away

2%56

Hammond33.9 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,520

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

How far

How far Lacombe commutes

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

21%

35%

29%

15%

21%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lacombe is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lacombe are

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

Jobs based in Lacombe

819 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Lacombe residents hold

3,357 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+34%

Jobs based in Lacombe, 2013 → 2023: 613 → 819. 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.