Work & commute · Poydras

Work & commute in Poydras, LA

Most working residents leave Poydras for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (22%), Chalmette (20%) and Metairie (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 946 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 918 Poydras residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poydras.

918live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poydras goes to work

New Orleans13.6 mi away

22%211

Chalmette7.5 mi away

20%193

Metairie19.8 mi away

7%66

Arabi9.2 mi away

4%37

Meraux5.1 mi away

3%33

Poydras (in town)right here

3%28

Elmwood19.1 mi away

3%26

Baton Rouge84.5 mi away

3%25

Slidell30.3 mi away

2%17

Jefferson17.5 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%294

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

How far

How far Poydras commutes

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

36%

39%

16%

36%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poydras is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Poydras are

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

Jobs based in Poydras

129 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Poydras residents hold

946 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−17%

Jobs based in Poydras, 2013 → 2023: 155 → 129. 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.