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Work & commute · Port Barre

Work & commute in Port Barre, LA

Most working residents leave Port Barre for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Opelousas (19%), Lafayette (13%) and Baton Rouge (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
23 of 587 working residents
Typical commute
24 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 564 Port Barre residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 352 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Barre.

564live here, work elsewhere
23live and work here
352work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Port Barre goes to work

ArnaudvilleWashingtonPort BarreMelvilleKrotz SpringsLeonvilleAbbevilleCarencroOpelousasBroussardAlexandriaLafayetteBaton RougeLake CharlesOpelousasLafayetteBaton RougeKrotz SpringsLake CharlesAlexandriaCarencroBroussardArnaudvillePort Barre
1
Opelousas7.8 mi away
19%109
2
Lafayette24.5 mi away
13%77
3
Port Barre (in town)right here
4%23
4
Baton Rouge49.7 mi away
3%18
5
Krotz Springs12.1 mi away
3%16
6
Lake Charles78.8 mi away
2%13
7
Alexandria59.4 mi away
2%12
8
Carencro17.5 mi away
2%9
9
Broussard28.9 mi away
2%9
10
Arnaudville10.7 mi away
1%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%293

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

How far

How far Port Barre commutes

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

29%Under 10 mi
24%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Port Barre is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Barre are

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

Jobs based in Port Barre

375 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities30%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%
Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Port Barre residents hold

587 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month46%
+7%

Jobs based in Port Barre, 2013 → 2023: 351 → 375. 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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