Work & commute · Reserve

Work & commute in Reserve, LA

Most working residents leave Reserve for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Laplace (12%), New Orleans (10%) and Metairie (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

361 of 3,324 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,963 Reserve residents head out of town to work, 361 work right here, and 3,782 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reserve.

2,963live here, work elsewhere

361live and work here

3,782work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Reserve goes to work

Laplace4.7 mi away

12%385

Reserve (in town)right here

11%361

New Orleans37.1 mi away

10%316

Metairie23.2 mi away

7%236

Baton Rouge42.8 mi away

5%176

Kenner18.5 mi away

5%172

Garyville4.7 mi away

2%71

Elmwood23.5 mi away

2%63

St. Rose16.7 mi away

2%59

Luling17.1 mi away

2%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,434

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

How far

How far Reserve commutes

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

29%

24%

40%

29%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Reserve is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Reserve are

4,143 jobs are based in Reserve. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Reserve’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Reserve

4,143 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Reserve residents hold

3,324 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+7%

Jobs based in Reserve, 2013 → 2023: 3,864 → 4,143. 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.