Work & commute · St. Martinville

Work & commute in St. Martinville, LA

Most working residents leave St. Martinville for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (22%), New Iberia (6%) and Broussard (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

223 of 2,279 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 2,056 St. Martinville residents head out of town to work, 223 work right here, and 1,342 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Martinville.

2,056live here, work elsewhere

223live and work here

1,342work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Martinville goes to work

Lafayette13 mi away

22%502

St. Martinville (in town)right here

10%223

New Iberia8.5 mi away

6%143

Broussard7.5 mi away

6%135

Baton Rouge47.1 mi away

5%122

Breaux Bridge11.4 mi away

5%111

New Orleans113.5 mi away

1%27

Cade4.8 mi away

1%26

Metairie99.3 mi away

1%22

Opelousas31.3 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%948

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

How far

How far St. Martinville commutes

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

34%

35%

10%

22%

34%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Martinville is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Martinville are

1,565 jobs are based in St. Martinville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Martinville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. Martinville

1,565 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs St. Martinville residents hold

2,279 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−30%

Jobs based in St. Martinville, 2013 → 2023: 2,227 → 1,565. 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.