Work & commute · Lutcher

Work & commute in Lutcher, LA

Most working residents leave Lutcher for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (6%), Reserve (5%) and Baton Rouge (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

119 of 1,179 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,060 Lutcher residents head out of town to work, 119 work right here, and 1,412 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lutcher.

1,060live here, work elsewhere

119live and work here

1,412work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lutcher goes to work

Lutcher (in town)right here

10%119

New Orleans46.5 mi away

6%72

Reserve9.4 mi away

5%56

Baton Rouge36.2 mi away

4%52

Laplace14 mi away

4%48

Gramercy1.1 mi away

3%39

Garyville4.7 mi away

3%34

Convent7.4 mi away

3%32

Metairie32.3 mi away

3%30

Gonzales16.3 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%668

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

How far

How far Lutcher commutes

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

31%

21%

38%

10%

31%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lutcher is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lutcher are

1,531 jobs are based in Lutcher. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lutcher’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lutcher

1,531 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Lutcher residents hold

1,179 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+1%

Jobs based in Lutcher, 2013 → 2023: 1,521 → 1,531. 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.