Work & commute · St. Francisville

Work & commute in St. Francisville, LA

Most working residents leave St. Francisville for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (17%), Zachary (3%) and New Orleans (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

103 of 553 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 450 St. Francisville residents head out of town to work, 103 work right here, and 2,096 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Francisville.

450live here, work elsewhere

103live and work here

2,096work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Francisville goes to work

St. Francisville (in town)right here

19%103

Baton Rouge27.8 mi away

17%95

Zachary15 mi away

3%14

New Orleans99.7 mi away

3%14

Jackson10.6 mi away

2%11

New Roads7.6 mi away

2%10

Lafayette55.7 mi away

2%9

Central25.5 mi away

1%8

New Iberia60 mi away

1%5

Houston, TX249.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%279

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

How far

How far St. Francisville commutes

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

30%

15%

34%

20%

30%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Francisville is a job hub

3.98jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Francisville are

2,199 jobs are based in St. Francisville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Francisville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. Francisville

2,199 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs St. Francisville residents hold

553 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+44%

Jobs based in St. Francisville, 2013 → 2023: 1,530 → 2,199. 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.