Work & commute · Sarepta

Work & commute in Sarepta, LA

Most working residents leave Sarepta for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Minden (15%), Springhill (11%) and Shreveport (11%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 262 working residents

Typical commute

25 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 261 Sarepta residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sarepta.

261live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sarepta goes to work

Minden21.7 mi away

15%39

Springhill7.4 mi away

11%29

Shreveport35.6 mi away

11%29

Bossier City28.3 mi away

9%24

Baton Rouge217.6 mi away

2%6

Homer23.8 mi away

2%5

New Orleans285.5 mi away

2%5

Benton22 mi away

2%4

Houston, TX243.3 mi away

2%4

Magnolia, AR29.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%114

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

How far

How far Sarepta commutes

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

20%

29%

32%

19%

20%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sarepta is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sarepta are

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

Jobs based in Sarepta

55 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less47%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Sarepta residents hold

262 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−31%

Jobs based in Sarepta, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 55. 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.