Work & commute · Natchitoches

Work & commute in Natchitoches, LA

46% of Natchitoches’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Shreveport (6%), Alexandria (3%) and Bossier City (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

2,935 of 6,417 working residents

Typical commute

4 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 3,482 Natchitoches residents head out of town to work, 2,935 work right here, and 6,270 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Natchitoches.

3,482live here, work elsewhere

2,935live and work here

6,270work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Natchitoches goes to work

Natchitoches (in town)right here

46%2,935

Shreveport64.8 mi away

6%368

Alexandria48.1 mi away

3%200

Bossier City63.4 mi away

2%124

Monroe80.8 mi away

2%104

Baton Rouge146.8 mi away

1%83

Pineville48.9 mi away

1%77

Many25 mi away

1%72

Ruston61.6 mi away

1%60

Coushatta24.5 mi away

1%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,345

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

How far

How far Natchitoches commutes

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

54%

11%

30%

54%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Natchitoches is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Natchitoches are

9,205 jobs are based in Natchitoches. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Natchitoches’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Natchitoches

9,205 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Natchitoches residents hold

6,417 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+4%

Jobs based in Natchitoches, 2013 → 2023: 8,869 → 9,205. 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.