Work & commute · Swartz

Work & commute in Swartz, LA

Most working residents leave Swartz for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Monroe (45%), West Monroe (9%) and Bastrop (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 1,643 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,617 Swartz residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swartz.

1,617live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swartz goes to work

Monroe6.8 mi away

45%736

West Monroe10.7 mi away

9%151

Bastrop14.2 mi away

2%39

Ruston37.9 mi away

2%38

Shreveport105.5 mi away

2%33

Brownsville12 mi away

2%30

Swartz (in town)right here

2%26

Baton Rouge156.1 mi away

1%23

Lakeshore4.2 mi away

1%18

Rayville15.4 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%532

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

How far

How far Swartz commutes

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

53%

22%

19%

53%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swartz is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Swartz are

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

Jobs based in Swartz

198 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Swartz residents hold

1,643 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+30%

Jobs based in Swartz, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 198. 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.