Work & commute · Patterson

Work & commute in Patterson, LA

Most working residents leave Patterson for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Morgan City (16%), Franklin (11%) and Bayou Vista (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

139 of 2,072 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,933 Patterson residents head out of town to work, 139 work right here, and 462 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Patterson.

1,933live here, work elsewhere

139live and work here

462work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Patterson goes to work

Morgan City7.2 mi away

16%335

Franklin13.6 mi away

11%234

Patterson (in town)right here

7%139

Bayou Vista2.6 mi away

5%98

Lafayette55.9 mi away

5%96

Baton Rouge53 mi away

4%79

Berwick4.5 mi away

4%76

Amelia12.1 mi away

2%37

Bayou Cane33.8 mi away

1%29

New Iberia37.5 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%922

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

How far

How far Patterson commutes

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

33%

17%

18%

32%

33%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Patterson is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Patterson are

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

Jobs based in Patterson

601 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Patterson residents hold

2,072 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−35%

Jobs based in Patterson, 2013 → 2023: 926 → 601. 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.