Work & commute · Merrydale

Work & commute in Merrydale, LA

Most working residents leave Merrydale for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (45%), New Orleans (3%) and Lafayette (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 3,445 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 3,428 Merrydale residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 361 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Merrydale.

3,428live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

361work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Merrydale goes to work

Baton Rouge4.2 mi away

45%1,548

New Orleans76.5 mi away

3%98

Lafayette58.5 mi away

2%58

Metairie65.5 mi away

2%56

Zachary11.9 mi away

1%39

Central6 mi away

1%38

Denham Springs9.1 mi away

1%34

Prairieville15.7 mi away

1%34

Baker6.5 mi away

1%28

Port Allen7.1 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,486

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

How far

How far Merrydale commutes

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

66%

14%

18%

66%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Merrydale is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Merrydale are

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

Jobs based in Merrydale

378 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Merrydale residents hold

3,445 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−4%

Jobs based in Merrydale, 2013 → 2023: 393 → 378. 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.