Work & commute · Lakeshore

Work & commute in Lakeshore, LA

Most working residents leave Lakeshore for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Monroe (50%), West Monroe (7%) and Shreveport (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 674 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 661 Lakeshore residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 326 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakeshore.

661live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

326work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakeshore goes to work

Monroe2.8 mi away

50%336

West Monroe7 mi away

7%48

Shreveport102.6 mi away

4%25

Baton Rouge154.1 mi away

3%18

Ruston35 mi away

2%14

Lakeshore (in town)right here

2%13

Rayville16.7 mi away

1%10

Brownsville8.1 mi away

1%9

Alexandria89.5 mi away

1%7

Bastrop18.1 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%188

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

How far

How far Lakeshore commutes

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

68%

21%

68%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakeshore is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakeshore are

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

Jobs based in Lakeshore

339 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Lakeshore residents hold

674 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−15%

Jobs based in Lakeshore, 2013 → 2023: 401 → 339. 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.