Work & commute · New Iberia

Work & commute in New Iberia, LA

About one in 4 of New Iberia’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (15%), Broussard (5%) and Baton Rouge (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

2,790 of 10,130 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 7,340 New Iberia residents head out of town to work, 2,790 work right here, and 8,610 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Iberia.

7,340live here, work elsewhere

2,790live and work here

8,610work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Iberia goes to work

New Iberia (in town)right here

28%2,790

Lafayette18.7 mi away

15%1,567

Broussard12.2 mi away

5%504

Baton Rouge51 mi away

3%306

Youngsville12.2 mi away

1%150

New Orleans112.9 mi away

1%107

St. Martinville8.5 mi away

1%100

Franklin24.1 mi away

1%98

Abbeville18.5 mi away

1%92

Lake Charles84.2 mi away

1%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%4,335

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

How far

How far New Iberia commutes

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

44%

30%

20%

44%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Iberia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Iberia are

11,400 jobs are based in New Iberia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Iberia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Iberia

11,400 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs New Iberia residents hold

10,130 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−22%

Jobs based in New Iberia, 2013 → 2023: 14,577 → 11,400. 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.