Work & commute · Monroe

Work & commute in Monroe, LA

52% of Monroe’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are West Monroe (9%), Shreveport (3%) and Ruston (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52%

8,529 of 16,291 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 7,762 Monroe residents head out of town to work, 8,529 work right here, and 29,402 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monroe.

7,762live here, work elsewhere

8,529live and work here

29,402work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monroe goes to work

Monroe (in town)right here

52%8,529

West Monroe4.4 mi away

9%1,496

Shreveport100 mi away

3%439

Ruston32.5 mi away

2%338

Baton Rouge153.9 mi away

2%288

Brownsville5.4 mi away

1%224

Claiborne7.1 mi away

1%171

Bastrop20.2 mi away

1%149

Alexandria87.8 mi away

1%148

Lafayette159.8 mi away

1%148

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%4,361

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

How far

How far Monroe commutes

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

70%

21%

70%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monroe is a job hub

2.33jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monroe are

37,931 jobs are based in Monroe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monroe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monroe

37,931 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Monroe residents hold

16,291 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−9%

Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 41,666 → 37,931. 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.