Work & commute · Pineville

Work & commute in Pineville, LA

Most working residents leave Pineville for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (41%), Baton Rouge (2%) and Lafayette (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

706 of 5,037 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 4,331 Pineville residents head out of town to work, 706 work right here, and 6,343 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pineville.

4,331live here, work elsewhere

706live and work here

6,343work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pineville goes to work

Alexandria5 mi away

41%2,050

Pineville (in town)right here

14%706

Baton Rouge98.1 mi away

2%124

Lafayette81.7 mi away

2%102

Ball5.2 mi away

2%85

Lake Charles92.3 mi away

1%57

Shreveport112.3 mi away

1%50

Houston, TX207.4 mi away

1%41

New Orleans171.9 mi away

1%38

Natchitoches48.9 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%1,748

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

How far

How far Pineville commutes

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

67%

24%

67%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pineville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pineville are

7,049 jobs are based in Pineville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pineville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pineville

7,049 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Pineville residents hold

5,037 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−7%

Jobs based in Pineville, 2013 → 2023: 7,560 → 7,049. 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.