Work & commute · Lafitte

Work & commute in Lafitte, LA

Most working residents leave Lafitte for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (12%), Marrero (9%) and Harvey (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 342 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 333 Lafitte residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lafitte.

333live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

123work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lafitte goes to work

New Orleans25.6 mi away

12%41

Marrero12.1 mi away

9%31

Harvey12.4 mi away

8%28

Belle Chasse11.6 mi away

8%27

Gretna14.1 mi away

7%23

Jean Lafitte3 mi away

6%20

Metairie20.3 mi away

5%18

Lafitte (in town)right here

3%9

Baton Rouge79.8 mi away

2%7

Elmwood17.7 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%131

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

How far

How far Lafitte commutes

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

12%

67%

14%

12%Under 10 mi

67%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lafitte is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lafitte are

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

Jobs based in Lafitte

132 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Lafitte residents hold

342 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−36%

Jobs based in Lafitte, 2013 → 2023: 206 → 132. 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.