Work & commute · Sterlington

Work & commute in Sterlington, LA

Most working residents leave Sterlington for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Monroe (45%), West Monroe (7%) and Ruston (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 789 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 769 Sterlington residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 538 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sterlington.

769live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

538work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sterlington goes to work

Monroe11.8 mi away

45%356

West Monroe13.4 mi away

7%57

Ruston35.1 mi away

3%22

Sterlington (in town)right here

3%20

Baton Rouge164.6 mi away

3%20

Bastrop10.7 mi away

2%18

Brownsville15.1 mi away

2%17

Lafayette171.5 mi away

2%13

Shreveport102 mi away

2%12

Bossier City93.5 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%245

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

How far

How far Sterlington commutes

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

16%

61%

17%

16%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sterlington is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sterlington are

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

Jobs based in Sterlington

558 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Sterlington residents hold

789 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+96%

Jobs based in Sterlington, 2013 → 2023: 284 → 558. 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.