Work & commute · Marksville

Work & commute in Marksville, LA

About one in 4 of Marksville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (10%), Mansura (4%) and Cottonport (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

444 of 1,572 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 1,128 Marksville residents head out of town to work, 444 work right here, and 2,951 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marksville.

1,128live here, work elsewhere

444live and work here

2,951work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marksville goes to work

Marksville (in town)right here

28%444

Alexandria26.6 mi away

10%157

Mansura4.1 mi away

4%70

Cottonport9.5 mi away

2%38

Pineville25.3 mi away

2%33

Bunkie13.9 mi away

2%32

Baton Rouge72.8 mi away

2%28

Lafayette63.5 mi away

1%20

Shreveport137.4 mi away

1%19

Melville35.3 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%714

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

How far

How far Marksville commutes

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

46%

20%

24%

46%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marksville is a job hub

2.16jobs 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 Marksville are

3,395 jobs are based in Marksville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marksville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marksville

3,395 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Marksville residents hold

1,572 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−11%

Jobs based in Marksville, 2013 → 2023: 3,826 → 3,395. 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.