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Work & commute · Prien

Work & commute in Prien, LA

Most working residents leave Prien for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Charles (54%), Sulphur (5%) and Baton Rouge (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
47 of 2,769 working residents
Typical commute
5 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
17 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,722 Prien residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 808 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prien.

2,722live here, work elsewhere
47live and work here
808work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Prien goes to work

WestlakeDeRidderSulphurJenningsAlexandriaLafayetteBaton RougeLake CharlesHoustonPrienCameronCarlyssMoss BluffLake CharlesSulphurBaton RougeLafayetteCarlyssHoustonCameronMoss BluffAlexandriaPrien
1
Lake Charles5 mi away
54%1,500
2
Sulphur7.3 mi away
5%127
3
Baton Rouge129.4 mi away
2%62
4
Lafayette74.5 mi away
2%58
5
Prien (in town)right here
2%47
6
Carlyss6 mi away
1%32
7
Houston, TX129.1 mi away
1%22
8
Cameron24.6 mi away
1%22
9
Moss Bluff11.6 mi away
1%22
10
Alexandria92.3 mi away
1%20
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%857

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

How far

How far Prien commutes

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

75%Under 10 mi
3%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Prien is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prien are

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

Jobs based in Prien

855 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)43%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)43%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Prien residents hold

2,769 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month57%
+26%

Jobs based in Prien, 2013 → 2023: 677 → 855. 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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