Work & commute · McNary

Work & commute in McNary, LA

Most working residents leave McNary for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (30%), Houston (4%) and Forest Hill (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 71 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 70 McNary residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McNary.

70live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McNary goes to work

Alexandria21.9 mi away

30%21

Houston, TX186.9 mi away

4%3

Forest Hill5.3 mi away

3%2

Pineville26.4 mi away

3%2

Lecompte12.7 mi away

1%1

McNary (in town)right here

1%1

St. Martinville74.5 mi away

1%1

Winnfield64.6 mi away

1%1

Ville Platte27.6 mi away

1%1

Oakdale12.8 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%37

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

How far

How far McNary commutes

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

17%

39%

14%

29%

17%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McNary is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.25 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in McNary are

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

Jobs based in McNary

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs McNary residents hold

71 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−33%

Jobs based in McNary, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 18. 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.