Work & commute · Simmesport

Work & commute in Simmesport, LA

Most working residents leave Simmesport for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Marksville (12%), Alexandria (6%) and Mansura (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

64 of 382 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 318 Simmesport residents head out of town to work, 64 work right here, and 248 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Simmesport.

318live here, work elsewhere

64live and work here

248work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Simmesport goes to work

Simmesport (in town)right here

17%64

Marksville17.9 mi away

12%47

Alexandria44.4 mi away

6%24

Mansura15.3 mi away

4%15

Baton Rouge55.1 mi away

4%14

Melville20.3 mi away

2%8

Pineville43.1 mi away

2%8

Cottonport14 mi away

2%7

Monroe107.4 mi away

2%7

Shreveport155.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%182

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

How far

How far Simmesport commutes

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

21%

34%

18%

26%

21%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Simmesport is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Simmesport are

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

Jobs based in Simmesport

312 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Simmesport residents hold

382 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month34%

+8%

Jobs based in Simmesport, 2013 → 2023: 290 → 312. 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.