Work & commute · Midway

Work & commute in Midway, LA

Most working residents leave Midway for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Jena (26%), Good Pine (6%) and Alexandria (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 318 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 308 Midway residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 236 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Midway.

308live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

236work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Midway goes to work

Jena1.5 mi away

26%84

Good Pine1.6 mi away

6%19

Alexandria32.6 mi away

6%18

Monroe58.4 mi away

3%11

Midway (in town)right here

3%10

Baton Rouge104.3 mi away

2%7

Ball23.5 mi away

2%5

Jonesville18.7 mi away

1%4

Olla16.3 mi away

1%4

Pineville27.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%152

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

How far

How far Midway commutes

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

43%

14%

34%

43%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Midway is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Midway are

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

Jobs based in Midway

246 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Midway residents hold

318 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−57%

Jobs based in Midway, 2013 → 2023: 574 → 246. 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.