Work & commute · Laplace

Work & commute in Laplace, LA

Most working residents leave Laplace for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (13%), Metairie (8%) and Kenner (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,360 of 11,366 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 10,006 Laplace residents head out of town to work, 1,360 work right here, and 5,448 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laplace.

10,006live here, work elsewhere

1,360live and work here

5,448work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laplace goes to work

New Orleans32.5 mi away

13%1,425

Laplace (in town)right here

12%1,360

Metairie18.7 mi away

8%957

Kenner14 mi away

7%755

Reserve4.7 mi away

6%657

Baton Rouge46.7 mi away

5%568

Elmwood19.2 mi away

3%379

St. Rose12.6 mi away

2%228

Luling14.1 mi away

2%217

Jefferson20.7 mi away

2%200

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%4,620

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

How far

How far Laplace commutes

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

22%

33%

36%

22%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laplace is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Laplace are

6,808 jobs are based in Laplace. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Laplace’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Laplace

6,808 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Laplace residents hold

11,366 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−3%

Jobs based in Laplace, 2013 → 2023: 6,987 → 6,808. 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.