Work & commute · Rayne

Work & commute in Rayne, LA

Most working residents leave Rayne for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (23%), Crowley (11%) and Baton Rouge (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

310 of 2,929 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 2,619 Rayne residents head out of town to work, 310 work right here, and 1,174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rayne.

2,619live here, work elsewhere

310live and work here

1,174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rayne goes to work

Lafayette14.4 mi away

23%664

Crowley6.6 mi away

11%322

Rayne (in town)right here

11%310

Baton Rouge69.2 mi away

4%111

Broussard19.9 mi away

3%90

Scott10.3 mi away

3%88

Opelousas22.6 mi away

2%66

New Orleans140 mi away

1%40

New Iberia31.3 mi away

1%35

Lake Charles56.4 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,169

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

How far

How far Rayne commutes

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

29%

41%

25%

29%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rayne is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rayne are

1,484 jobs are based in Rayne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rayne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rayne

1,484 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Rayne residents hold

2,929 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−5%

Jobs based in Rayne, 2013 → 2023: 1,563 → 1,484. 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.