Work & commute · Mansura

Work & commute in Mansura, LA

Most working residents leave Mansura for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Marksville (22%), Alexandria (9%) and Cottonport (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 388 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 358 Mansura residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 835 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mansura.

358live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

835work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mansura goes to work

Marksville4.1 mi away

22%85

Alexandria29.2 mi away

9%35

Mansura (in town)right here

8%30

Cottonport5.4 mi away

5%20

Baton Rouge69.7 mi away

3%10

Pineville28.4 mi away

2%8

Simmesport15.3 mi away

1%5

Bunkie11.2 mi away

1%5

Natchitoches77.1 mi away

1%4

Tallulah105.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%183

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

How far

How far Mansura commutes

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

49%

21%

26%

49%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mansura is a job hub

2.23jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mansura are

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

Jobs based in Mansura

865 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Mansura residents hold

388 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month34%

+65%

Jobs based in Mansura, 2013 → 2023: 525 → 865. 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.