Work & commute · Oretta

Work & commute in Oretta, LA

Most working residents leave Oretta for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Charles (14%), DeRidder (13%) and DeQuincy (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 127 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 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 126 Oretta residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oretta.

126live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oretta goes to work

Lake Charles26.5 mi away

14%18

DeRidder23.5 mi away

13%17

DeQuincy5.5 mi away

5%6

Lafayette87 mi away

5%6

Sulphur21.2 mi away

2%3

Thibodaux164.8 mi away

2%2

Alexandria78 mi away

2%2

Baton Rouge137.6 mi away

2%2

Houston, TX127.3 mi away

2%2

Carlyss24.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%67

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

How far

How far Oretta commutes

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

32%

23%

38%

7%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oretta is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oretta are

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

Jobs based in Oretta

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Oretta residents hold

127 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+387%

Jobs based in Oretta, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 73. 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.