Work & commute · Ossun

Work & commute in Ossun, LA

Most working residents leave Ossun for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (41%), Scott (5%) and Baton Rouge (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 816 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 811 Ossun residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 209 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ossun.

811live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

209work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ossun goes to work

Lafayette7 mi away

41%334

Scott3.1 mi away

5%42

Baton Rouge59.2 mi away

4%33

Broussard13.5 mi away

4%30

Carencro4.5 mi away

2%20

Opelousas16.8 mi away

2%15

Crowley16.6 mi away

1%10

Rayne10 mi away

1%9

New Iberia25.7 mi away

1%7

New Orleans130.7 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%309

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

How far

How far Ossun commutes

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

54%

19%

23%

54%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ossun is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ossun are

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

Jobs based in Ossun

214 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Ossun residents hold

816 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+46%

Jobs based in Ossun, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 214. 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.