Work & commute · Simsboro

Work & commute in Simsboro, LA

Most working residents leave Simsboro for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Ruston (29%), Arcadia (8%) and Shreveport (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 310 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 309 Simsboro residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Simsboro.

309live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Simsboro goes to work

Ruston8.7 mi away

29%90

Arcadia8.1 mi away

8%26

Shreveport58.9 mi away

8%26

Monroe41.2 mi away

5%16

Grambling4.4 mi away

5%15

West Monroe36.9 mi away

2%6

Minden29.1 mi away

2%6

Alexandria87.6 mi away

2%6

Bossier City50.8 mi away

2%5

Jonesboro21.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%111

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

How far

How far Simsboro commutes

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

45%

12%

17%

25%

45%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Simsboro is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Simsboro are

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

Jobs based in Simsboro

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Simsboro residents hold

310 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+0%

Jobs based in Simsboro, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 29. 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.