Work & commute · Mamou

Work & commute in Mamou, LA

Most working residents leave Mamou for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (7%), Ville Platte (6%) and Baton Rouge (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

161 of 1,072 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 911 Mamou residents head out of town to work, 161 work right here, and 705 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mamou.

911live here, work elsewhere

161live and work here

705work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mamou goes to work

Mamou (in town)right here

15%161

Lafayette37.6 mi away

7%70

Ville Platte9.4 mi away

6%67

Baton Rouge77.7 mi away

4%47

Eunice10 mi away

4%40

Opelousas21.4 mi away

3%30

New Orleans153.4 mi away

2%21

Lake Charles56 mi away

2%17

Alexandria45.6 mi away

1%14

Pine Prairie10.2 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%593

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

How far

How far Mamou commutes

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

37%

17%

18%

28%

37%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mamou is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mamou are

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

Jobs based in Mamou

866 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Mamou residents hold

1,072 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+11%

Jobs based in Mamou, 2013 → 2023: 781 → 866. 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.