Work & commute · Starks

Work & commute in Starks, LA

Most working residents leave Starks for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Charles (20%), Sulphur (6%) and Baton Rouge (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 205 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

47 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 201 Starks residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Starks.

201live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

47work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Starks goes to work

Lake Charles28.3 mi away

20%42

Sulphur19.3 mi away

6%13

Baton Rouge151.4 mi away

4%9

Vinton9.4 mi away

3%7

Orange, TX13.9 mi away

2%5

Starks (in town)right here

2%4

Carlyss20 mi away

2%4

DeQuincy16.3 mi away

1%3

Westlake24.3 mi away

1%3

Jennings60.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%112

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

How far

How far Starks commutes

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

14%

23%

30%

33%

14%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Starks is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Starks are

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

Jobs based in Starks

51 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities71%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less55%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month8%

Jobs Starks residents hold

205 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−15%

Jobs based in Starks, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 51. 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.