Work & commute · Leesville

Work & commute in Leesville, LA

About one in 4 of Leesville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are DeRidder (5%), Alexandria (4%) and Lake Charles (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

590 of 2,094 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,504 Leesville residents head out of town to work, 590 work right here, and 4,561 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leesville.

1,504live here, work elsewhere

590live and work here

4,561work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leesville goes to work

Leesville (in town)right here

28%590

DeRidder20.5 mi away

5%96

Alexandria49.2 mi away

4%91

Lake Charles65.2 mi away

4%80

Lafayette98.6 mi away

3%54

Baton Rouge136.6 mi away

2%50

Pineville53.6 mi away

2%34

Shreveport96.3 mi away

1%28

New Llano2.6 mi away

1%27

Natchitoches42.4 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,021

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

How far

How far Leesville commutes

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

47%

37%

47%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leesville is a job hub

2.46jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Leesville are

5,151 jobs are based in Leesville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Leesville

5,151 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Leesville residents hold

2,094 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−3%

Jobs based in Leesville, 2013 → 2023: 5,300 → 5,151. 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.