Work & commute · Madisonville

Work & commute in Madisonville, LA

Most working residents leave Madisonville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Covington (14%), New Orleans (7%) and Hammond (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 352 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 347 Madisonville residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 490 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madisonville.

347live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

490work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madisonville goes to work

Covington6.5 mi away

14%51

New Orleans27.6 mi away

7%25

Hammond18.7 mi away

5%16

Mandeville3.9 mi away

4%14

Metairie27.8 mi away

4%14

Baton Rouge57.6 mi away

3%9

Slidell24.1 mi away

2%8

Elmwood30.7 mi away

2%7

Lafayette111.9 mi away

2%6

Madisonville (in town)right here

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%197

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

How far

How far Madisonville commutes

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

51%

10%

23%

15%

51%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madisonville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Madisonville are

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

Jobs based in Madisonville

495 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Madisonville residents hold

352 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+43%

Jobs based in Madisonville, 2013 → 2023: 346 → 495. 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.