Work & commute · Merryville

Work & commute in Merryville, LA

Most working residents leave Merryville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are DeRidder (18%), Lake Charles (7%) and Leesville (4%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 355 working residents

Typical commute

39 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 343 Merryville residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Merryville.

343live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Merryville goes to work

DeRidder15.1 mi away

18%64

Lake Charles42.8 mi away

7%24

Leesville30.3 mi away

4%13

Baton Rouge144.1 mi away

4%13

Merryville (in town)right here

3%12

Sulphur37.7 mi away

3%11

Lafayette96.9 mi away

3%11

DeQuincy21.7 mi away

2%8

Beaumont, TX59.2 mi away

2%8

Alexandria72.8 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%185

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

How far

How far Merryville commutes

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

31%

27%

37%

5%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Merryville is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Merryville are

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

Jobs based in Merryville

81 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Merryville residents hold

355 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−40%

Jobs based in Merryville, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 81. 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.