Work & commute · Lafourche Crossing

Work & commute in Lafourche Crossing, LA

Most working residents leave Lafourche Crossing for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Thibodaux (22%), New Orleans (4%) and Baton Rouge (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 1,094 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,086 Lafourche Crossing residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 173 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lafourche Crossing.

1,086live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

173work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lafourche Crossing goes to work

Thibodaux3.3 mi away

22%246

New Orleans53.8 mi away

4%45

Baton Rouge51.4 mi away

4%44

Bayou Cane10 mi away

3%37

Metairie38.8 mi away

3%33

Bayou Country Club1.4 mi away

2%26

Raceland8.9 mi away

2%23

Morgan City25.6 mi away

2%22

Schriever4.8 mi away

2%21

Gray6.2 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%579

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

How far

How far Lafourche Crossing commutes

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

36%

23%

28%

13%

36%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lafourche Crossing is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lafourche Crossing are

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

Jobs based in Lafourche Crossing

181 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Lafourche Crossing residents hold

1,094 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+83%

Jobs based in Lafourche Crossing, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 181. 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.