Work & commute · Sorrel

Work & commute in Sorrel, LA

Most working residents leave Sorrel for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New Iberia (10%), Franklin (9%) and Charenton (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 250 working residents

Typical commute

27 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 243 Sorrel residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sorrel.

243live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sorrel goes to work

New Iberia14.1 mi away

10%25

Franklin10 mi away

9%22

Charenton5.4 mi away

6%14

Lafayette32.6 mi away

5%13

Baton Rouge48.5 mi away

4%10

Sorrel (in town)right here

3%7

Youngsville26.4 mi away

2%6

Baldwin5.4 mi away

2%5

Morgan City28.9 mi away

2%5

Broussard26.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%139

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

How far

How far Sorrel commutes

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

27%

21%

24%

28%

27%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sorrel is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sorrel are

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

Jobs based in Sorrel

111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)86%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Sorrel residents hold

250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−42%

Jobs based in Sorrel, 2013 → 2023: 191 → 111. 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.