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Work & commute in Sorrento, LA

Most working residents leave Sorrento for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (18%), Gonzales (10%) and Donaldsonville (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
5 of 818 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 813 Sorrento residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 361 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sorrento.

813live here, work elsewhere
5live and work here
361work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sorrento goes to work

PlaquemineSorrentoDonaldsonvilleDenham SpringsGonzalesSt. GabrielNew OrleansBaton RougeGaryvilleReserveMetairiePrairievilleLaplaceBaton RougeGonzalesDonaldsonvilleSt. GabrielPrairievilleNew OrleansReserveDenham SpringsGaryvilleMetairieSorrento
1
Baton Rouge23.8 mi away
18%146
2
Gonzales3.9 mi away
10%85
3
Donaldsonville9.7 mi away
3%25
4
St. Gabriel14.8 mi away
2%20
5
Prairieville10.5 mi away
2%16
6
New Orleans56.4 mi away
2%13
7
Reserve20.1 mi away
2%13
8
Denham Springs20.8 mi away
1%10
9
Garyville16.1 mi away
1%10
10
Metairie43.2 mi away
1%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%470

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

How far

How far Sorrento commutes

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

30%Under 10 mi
44%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sorrento is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sorrento are

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

Jobs based in Sorrento

366 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)75%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Sorrento residents hold

818 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month65%
−18%

Jobs based in Sorrento, 2013 → 2023: 445 → 366. 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.

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