Work & commute · Minorca

Work & commute in Minorca, LA

Most working residents leave Minorca for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Natchez (20%), Vidalia (12%) and Ferriday (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 687 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 639 Minorca residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 878 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minorca.

639live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

878work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minorca goes to work

Natchez, MS6.5 mi away

20%137

Vidalia3 mi away

12%80

Minorca (in town)right here

7%48

Ferriday5.7 mi away

5%33

Monroe73.8 mi away

2%16

Baton Rouge81 mi away

2%15

Jonesville20.5 mi away

2%13

Shreveport148.3 mi away

2%13

Lafayette99.6 mi away

1%7

Lake Charles139.3 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%318

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

How far

How far Minorca commutes

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

57%

35%

57%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minorca is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Minorca are

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

Jobs based in Minorca

926 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Minorca residents hold

687 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+6%

Jobs based in Minorca, 2013 → 2023: 877 → 926. 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.