Work & commute · Shreveport

Work & commute in Shreveport, LA

61% of Shreveport’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Bossier City (13%), Baton Rouge (1%) and Monroe (1%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

61%

41,355 of 67,908 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 26,553 Shreveport residents head out of town to work, 41,355 work right here, and 51,950 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shreveport.

26,553live here, work elsewhere

41,355live and work here

51,950work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shreveport goes to work

Shreveport (in town)right here

61%41,355

Bossier City8.9 mi away

13%8,548

Baton Rouge210.2 mi away

1%867

Monroe100 mi away

1%669

Benton15.7 mi away

1%559

Lafayette187.6 mi away

1%526

New Orleans282.3 mi away

1%454

Alexandria112.2 mi away

1%423

Ruston67.6 mi away

1%343

Mansfield30.3 mi away

0%298

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%13,866

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

How far

How far Shreveport commutes

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

72%

10%

16%

72%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shreveport is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shreveport are

93,305 jobs are based in Shreveport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shreveport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shreveport

93,305 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Shreveport residents hold

67,908 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−10%

Jobs based in Shreveport, 2013 → 2023: 103,241 → 93,305. 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.