Work & commute · Paradis

Work & commute in Paradis, LA

Most working residents leave Paradis for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Luling (16%), Hahnville (9%) and Metairie (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 475 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 465 Paradis residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 162 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paradis.

465live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

162work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paradis goes to work

Luling5.7 mi away

16%77

Hahnville6.7 mi away

9%41

Metairie18.1 mi away

6%28

New Orleans32.9 mi away

5%26

Baton Rouge57.3 mi away

4%21

Kenner14.9 mi away

3%16

Boutte3.4 mi away

3%16

Paradis (in town)right here

2%10

Laplace14.4 mi away

2%9

Jefferson18.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%224

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

How far

How far Paradis commutes

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

37%

30%

14%

18%

37%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paradis is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Paradis are

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

Jobs based in Paradis

172 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Paradis residents hold

475 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+15%

Jobs based in Paradis, 2013 → 2023: 149 → 172. 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.