Work & commute · New Sarpy

Work & commute in New Sarpy, LA

Most working residents leave New Sarpy for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Metairie (12%), Luling (10%) and New Orleans (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 604 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 594 New Sarpy residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 229 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Sarpy.

594live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

229work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Sarpy goes to work

Metairie12.4 mi away

12%71

Luling5.9 mi away

10%58

New Orleans27.3 mi away

9%55

Kenner8 mi away

5%33

Baton Rouge54.9 mi away

4%25

Destrehan1.8 mi away

4%22

Laplace8.5 mi away

3%21

Elmwood11.9 mi away

3%17

Hahnville2.7 mi away

3%17

Norco1.8 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%270

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

How far

How far New Sarpy commutes

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

35%

37%

14%

35%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Sarpy is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Sarpy are

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

Jobs based in New Sarpy

239 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs New Sarpy residents hold

604 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+103%

Jobs based in New Sarpy, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 239. 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.