Work & commute · Saline

Work & commute in Saline, LA

Most working residents leave Saline for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Arcadia (13%), Jonesboro (8%) and Shreveport (7%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 114 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 113 Saline residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saline.

113live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saline goes to work

Arcadia27 mi away

13%15

Jonesboro16.3 mi away

8%9

Shreveport52 mi away

7%8

Ruston32.5 mi away

5%6

Bossier City46.8 mi away

4%4

Natchitoches30.5 mi away

3%3

Alexandria67.1 mi away

3%3

East Hodge17.3 mi away

2%2

Winnfield25.6 mi away

2%2

Mansfield43.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%60

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

How far

How far Saline commutes

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

19%

48%

29%

4%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

48%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saline is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Saline are

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

Jobs based in Saline

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Saline residents hold

114 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+100%

Jobs based in Saline, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 16. 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.