Work & commute · Slidell

Work & commute in Slidell, LA

Most working residents leave Slidell for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (17%), Covington (8%) and Metairie (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

2,079 of 11,024 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,945 Slidell residents head out of town to work, 2,079 work right here, and 13,465 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Slidell.

8,945live here, work elsewhere

2,079live and work here

13,465work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Slidell goes to work

Slidell (in town)right here

19%2,079

New Orleans18.7 mi away

17%1,883

Covington23.6 mi away

8%883

Metairie31.1 mi away

5%530

Baton Rouge81.1 mi away

3%331

Elmwood33.5 mi away

2%187

Mandeville20.2 mi away

2%183

Kenner34.1 mi away

2%180

Lafayette134.2 mi away

1%134

Pearl River6 mi away

1%131

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%4,503

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

How far

How far Slidell commutes

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

29%

22%

33%

16%

29%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Slidell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Slidell are

15,544 jobs are based in Slidell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Slidell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Slidell

15,544 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Slidell residents hold

11,024 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+15%

Jobs based in Slidell, 2013 → 2023: 13,475 → 15,544. 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.