Work & commute · Plaquemine

Work & commute in Plaquemine, LA

Most working residents leave Plaquemine for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (22%), Lafayette (2%) and Prairieville (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

250 of 2,549 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 2,299 Plaquemine residents head out of town to work, 250 work right here, and 1,834 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plaquemine.

2,299live here, work elsewhere

250live and work here

1,834work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plaquemine goes to work

Baton Rouge12.9 mi away

22%556

Plaquemine (in town)right here

10%250

Lafayette47.2 mi away

2%48

Prairieville17.2 mi away

2%45

Port Allen11.3 mi away

2%43

New Orleans79.8 mi away

1%33

Addis6.1 mi away

1%29

St. Gabriel8.8 mi away

1%23

Brusly7.7 mi away

1%22

Gonzales19.8 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,478

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

How far

How far Plaquemine commutes

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

33%

47%

13%

33%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plaquemine 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 Plaquemine are

2,084 jobs are based in Plaquemine. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plaquemine’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plaquemine

2,084 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Plaquemine residents hold

2,549 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−25%

Jobs based in Plaquemine, 2013 → 2023: 2,782 → 2,084. 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.