Work & commute · Newellton

Work & commute in Newellton, LA

Most working residents leave Newellton for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are St. Joseph (9%), Tallulah (6%) and Monroe (5%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 228 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 212 Newellton residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newellton.

212live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newellton goes to work

St. Joseph10.5 mi away

9%20

Newellton (in town)right here

7%16

Tallulah23.3 mi away

6%13

Monroe57.8 mi away

5%12

Baton Rouge112.8 mi away

3%7

Ferriday35.5 mi away

2%5

Ruston87.5 mi away

2%5

Lafayette137.1 mi away

2%5

Shreveport151.6 mi away

2%5

West Monroe61.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%136

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

How far

How far Newellton commutes

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

17%

25%

14%

44%

17%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newellton is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newellton are

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

Jobs based in Newellton

88 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Newellton residents hold

228 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−62%

Jobs based in Newellton, 2013 → 2023: 232 → 88. 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.