Work & commute · Luling

Work & commute in Luling, LA

Most working residents leave Luling for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (12%), Metairie (8%) and Hahnville (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

992 of 6,229 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,237 Luling residents head out of town to work, 992 work right here, and 6,756 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Luling.

5,237live here, work elsewhere

992live and work here

6,756work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Luling goes to work

Luling (in town)right here

16%992

New Orleans27.2 mi away

12%762

Metairie12.5 mi away

8%494

Hahnville6.1 mi away

7%412

Elmwood10.6 mi away

5%295

Kenner9.7 mi away

5%281

Baton Rouge59.7 mi away

4%225

Jefferson12.6 mi away

3%170

St. Rose5.3 mi away

2%118

Boutte2.3 mi away

2%108

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%2,372

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

How far

How far Luling commutes

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

38%

39%

10%

13%

38%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Luling is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Luling are

7,748 jobs are based in Luling. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Luling’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Luling

7,748 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Luling residents hold

6,229 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+47%

Jobs based in Luling, 2013 → 2023: 5,255 → 7,748. 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.