Work & commute · Port Allen

Work & commute in Port Allen, LA

Most working residents leave Port Allen for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (31%), New Orleans (3%) and Lafayette (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

177 of 2,103 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 1,926 Port Allen residents head out of town to work, 177 work right here, and 3,080 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Allen.

1,926live here, work elsewhere

177live and work here

3,080work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Allen goes to work

Baton Rouge4.6 mi away

31%658

Port Allen (in town)right here

8%177

New Orleans80.6 mi away

3%72

Lafayette51.7 mi away

2%37

Metairie68.8 mi away

1%27

Denham Springs14.9 mi away

1%22

Gonzales23.3 mi away

1%19

Prairieville17.4 mi away

1%16

Addis6.1 mi away

1%15

Brusly4.3 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,046

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

How far

How far Port Allen commutes

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

61%

19%

17%

61%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Allen is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Allen are

3,257 jobs are based in Port Allen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Port Allen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Port Allen

3,257 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Port Allen residents hold

2,103 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−8%

Jobs based in Port Allen, 2013 → 2023: 3,552 → 3,257. 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.