Work & commute · Mer Rouge

Work & commute in Mer Rouge, LA

Most working residents leave Mer Rouge for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Bastrop (14%), Monroe (14%) and Rayville (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 152 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 141 Mer Rouge residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 356 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mer Rouge.

141live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

356work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mer Rouge goes to work

Bastrop6.6 mi away

14%21

Monroe24.3 mi away

14%21

Mer Rouge (in town)right here

7%11

Rayville21.2 mi away

3%4

West Monroe27.7 mi away

3%4

Baton Rouge166 mi away

3%4

Oak Ridge10.6 mi away

2%3

Ruston51.7 mi away

2%3

Brownsville29.2 mi away

2%3

Crossett, AR25.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%76

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

How far

How far Mer Rouge commutes

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

29%

21%

29%

29%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mer Rouge is a job hub

2.41jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mer Rouge are

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

Jobs based in Mer Rouge

367 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Mer Rouge residents hold

152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−2%

Jobs based in Mer Rouge, 2013 → 2023: 376 → 367. 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.