Work & commute · Lake Providence

Work & commute in Lake Providence, LA

About one in 5 of Lake Providence’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oak Grove (5%), Monroe (5%) and Tallulah (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

229 of 1,129 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 900 Lake Providence residents head out of town to work, 229 work right here, and 302 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Providence.

900live here, work elsewhere

229live and work here

302work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Providence goes to work

Lake Providence (in town)right here

20%229

Oak Grove13.2 mi away

5%58

Monroe56 mi away

5%52

Tallulah27.3 mi away

4%42

Bastrop42.6 mi away

3%34

Baton Rouge163.1 mi away

2%25

Delhi30.3 mi away

2%21

Shreveport154 mi away

2%21

Richmond28.6 mi away

2%17

Vicksburg, MS37.3 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%613

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

How far

How far Lake Providence commutes

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

39%

11%

17%

33%

39%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Providence is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Providence are

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

Jobs based in Lake Providence

531 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Lake Providence residents hold

1,129 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month31%

−33%

Jobs based in Lake Providence, 2013 → 2023: 796 → 531. 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.