Work & commute · Olla

Work & commute in Olla, LA

Most working residents leave Olla for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Jena (13%), Urania (6%) and Alexandria (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 375 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 353 Olla residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 222 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olla.

353live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

222work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olla goes to work

Jena15.8 mi away

13%47

Olla (in town)right here

6%22

Urania3.8 mi away

6%21

Alexandria43.9 mi away

5%18

Banks Springs15.3 mi away

4%15

Columbia17.1 mi away

3%13

Monroe43.9 mi away

3%10

Midway16.3 mi away

3%10

Winnfield23.6 mi away

2%9

Good Pine14.8 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%201

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

How far

How far Olla commutes

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

23%

34%

18%

25%

23%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olla is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Olla are

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

Jobs based in Olla

244 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Olla residents hold

375 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−45%

Jobs based in Olla, 2013 → 2023: 441 → 244. 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.