Work & commute · Montegut

Work & commute in Montegut, LA

Most working residents leave Montegut for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bayou Cane (9%), Baton Rouge (4%) and Galliano (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 447 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 437 Montegut residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montegut.

437live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

50work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montegut goes to work

Bayou Cane16.7 mi away

9%41

Baton Rouge76.7 mi away

4%19

Galliano15.2 mi away

4%18

New Orleans56.1 mi away

3%12

Gray20.7 mi away

2%11

Cut Off14.6 mi away

2%11

Montegut (in town)right here

2%10

Metairie44.2 mi away

2%9

Thibodaux28.4 mi away

2%8

Lafayette102.4 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

67%301

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

How far

How far Montegut commutes

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

13%

47%

16%

24%

13%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montegut is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Montegut are

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

Jobs based in Montegut

60 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month15%

Jobs Montegut residents hold

447 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−6%

Jobs based in Montegut, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 60. 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.