Work & commute · Moss Bluff

Work & commute in Moss Bluff, LA

Most working residents leave Moss Bluff for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Charles (44%), Sulphur (5%) and Lafayette (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

223 of 4,597 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 4,374 Moss Bluff residents head out of town to work, 223 work right here, and 1,350 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moss Bluff.

4,374live here, work elsewhere

223live and work here

1,350work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moss Bluff goes to work

Lake Charles7.6 mi away

44%2,043

Sulphur10.4 mi away

5%235

Moss Bluff (in town)right here

5%223

Lafayette70.7 mi away

2%89

Carlyss13.3 mi away

2%82

Baton Rouge124.1 mi away

2%77

Westlake4.7 mi away

1%51

Shreveport153 mi away

1%41

Houston, TX135.3 mi away

1%39

New Orleans196.3 mi away

1%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,679

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

How far

How far Moss Bluff commutes

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

62%

14%

20%

62%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moss Bluff is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moss Bluff are

1,573 jobs are based in Moss Bluff. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moss Bluff’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Moss Bluff

1,573 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Moss Bluff residents hold

4,597 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+17%

Jobs based in Moss Bluff, 2013 → 2023: 1,341 → 1,573. 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.