Work & commute · St. James

Work & commute in St. James, LA

Most working residents leave St. James for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (8%), Metairie (6%) and Lutcher (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 248 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 242 St. James residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 396 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. James.

242live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

396work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. James goes to work

New Orleans54.9 mi away

8%20

Metairie40.3 mi away

6%14

Lutcher8.9 mi away

5%13

Gonzales14.1 mi away

5%12

Baton Rouge33.7 mi away

5%12

Convent1.9 mi away

4%10

Donaldsonville10 mi away

4%9

Prairieville21.4 mi away

3%8

St. James (in town)right here

2%6

Laplace22.7 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%138

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

How far

How far St. James commutes

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

23%

24%

40%

13%

23%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. James is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. James are

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

Jobs based in St. James

402 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs St. James residents hold

248 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+105%

Jobs based in St. James, 2013 → 2023: 196 → 402. 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.