Work & commute · Prairieville

Work & commute in Prairieville, LA

Most working residents leave Prairieville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (25%), Donaldsonville (5%) and Gonzales (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,055 of 15,166 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 14,111 Prairieville residents head out of town to work, 1,055 work right here, and 7,970 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prairieville.

14,111live here, work elsewhere

1,055live and work here

7,970work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prairieville goes to work

Baton Rouge13.6 mi away

25%3,833

Prairieville (in town)right here

7%1,055

Donaldsonville15.2 mi away

5%683

Gonzales7.3 mi away

4%670

New Orleans63.7 mi away

2%317

Metairie51.5 mi away

1%192

St. Gabriel9.4 mi away

1%189

Lafayette64.3 mi away

1%149

Denham Springs11.1 mi away

1%136

Hammond32.8 mi away

1%116

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%7,826

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

How far

How far Prairieville commutes

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

40%

13%

40%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prairieville is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prairieville are

9,025 jobs are based in Prairieville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Prairieville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Prairieville

9,025 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Prairieville residents hold

15,166 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+45%

Jobs based in Prairieville, 2013 → 2023: 6,233 → 9,025. 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.