Work & commute · Natchez

Work & commute in Natchez, LA

Most working residents leave Natchez for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Natchitoches (43%), Shreveport (9%) and Bossier City (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 208 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 207 Natchez residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Natchez.

207live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Natchez goes to work

Natchitoches5.3 mi away

43%90

Shreveport70.1 mi away

9%19

Bossier City68.7 mi away

6%12

Alexandria42.9 mi away

3%7

Monroe81.4 mi away

2%5

Coushatta29.8 mi away

1%2

Pineville43.9 mi away

1%2

Ruston64.1 mi away

1%2

Lafayette117.9 mi away

1%2

Baton Rouge141.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%65

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

How far

How far Natchez commutes

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

53%

11%

30%

53%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Natchez is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Natchez are

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

Jobs based in Natchez

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month77%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Natchez residents hold

208 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+94%

Jobs based in Natchez, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 31. 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.