Work & commute · Pearl River

Work & commute in Pearl River, LA

Most working residents leave Pearl River for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Slidell (17%), New Orleans (16%) and Covington (9%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 1,015 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 980 Pearl River residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 1,226 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pearl River.

980live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

1,226work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pearl River goes to work

Slidell6 mi away

17%171

New Orleans24.6 mi away

16%159

Covington22.8 mi away

9%87

Metairie36.4 mi away

4%45

Pearl River (in town)right here

3%35

Baton Rouge82.4 mi away

3%27

Kenner39.1 mi away

2%18

Chalmette32.2 mi away

2%18

Jefferson37.3 mi away

1%13

Mandeville21.2 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%431

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

How far

How far Pearl River commutes

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

30%

20%

35%

15%

30%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pearl River is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pearl River are

1,261 jobs are based in Pearl River. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pearl River’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pearl River

1,261 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities66%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Pearl River residents hold

1,015 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+160%

Jobs based in Pearl River, 2013 → 2023: 485 → 1,261. 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.