Work & commute · Pleasure Bend

Work & commute in Pleasure Bend, LA

Most working residents leave Pleasure Bend for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (8%), New Orleans (7%) and Metairie (7%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 105 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 105 Pleasure Bend residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasure Bend.

105live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasure Bend goes to work

Baton Rouge46.3 mi away

8%8

New Orleans43.2 mi away

7%7

Metairie28.2 mi away

7%7

Lutcher10.6 mi away

5%5

Luling17.3 mi away

5%5

Reserve11.6 mi away

4%4

Laplace14.3 mi away

4%4

Gonzales26.2 mi away

3%3

Gramercy10.2 mi away

2%2

Thibodaux13.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%58

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

How far

How far Pleasure Bend commutes

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

15%

25%

50%

10%

15%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

50%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasure Bend is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasure Bend are

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

Jobs based in Pleasure Bend

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less56%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Pleasure Bend residents hold

105 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−69%

Jobs based in Pleasure Bend, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 9. 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.