Work & commute · Reeves

Work & commute in Reeves, LA

Most working residents leave Reeves for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Charles (15%), Alexandria (5%) and Carlyss (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 66 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 65 Reeves residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reeves.

65live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Reeves goes to work

Lake Charles24.6 mi away

15%10

Alexandria63 mi away

5%3

Carlyss31 mi away

5%3

Kinder11.3 mi away

3%2

Leesville45.3 mi away

3%2

Pensacola, FL348 mi away

2%1

Erath71.2 mi away

2%1

Kaplan57.3 mi away

2%1

Reeves (in town)right here

2%1

Iowa19.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%41

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

How far

How far Reeves commutes

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

38%

28%

33%

2%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Reeves is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Reeves are

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

Jobs based in Reeves

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Reeves residents hold

66 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−32%

Jobs based in Reeves, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 25. 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.