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Work & commute in Pine Prairie, LA

Most working residents leave Pine Prairie for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (7%), Ville Platte (6%) and Lafayette (6%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
12 of 377 working residents
Typical commute
40 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 365 Pine Prairie residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 299 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pine Prairie.

365live here, work elsewhere
12live and work here
299work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Pine Prairie goes to work

BasileMamouPine PrairieJonesvilleTurkey CreekVille PlatteMarksvilleOakdaleEuniceOpelousasAlexandriaNew OrleansLafayetteBaton RougeGrayBaton RougeVille PlatteLafayetteOpelousasNew OrleansAlexandriaMamouMarksvilleGrayPine Prairie
1
Baton Rouge80.3 mi away
7%27
2
Ville Platte10.8 mi away
6%23
3
Lafayette46.1 mi away
6%22
4
Pine Prairie (in town)right here
3%12
5
Opelousas26.9 mi away
3%12
6
New Orleans156.5 mi away
3%12
7
Alexandria35.5 mi away
2%8
8
Mamou10.2 mi away
2%7
9
Marksville31.8 mi away
2%7
10
Gray124.1 mi away
2%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
64%240

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

How far

How far Pine Prairie commutes

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

13%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
42%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Pine Prairie is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pine Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Pine Prairie

311 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities6%
Services (health, schools, offices…)94%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Pine Prairie residents hold

377 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month51%
+70%

Jobs based in Pine Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 183 → 311. 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.

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