Work & commute · Tallulah

Work & commute in Tallulah, LA

About one in 3 of Tallulah’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Vicksburg (7%), Richmond (5%) and Monroe (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

773 of 2,072 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 1,299 Tallulah residents head out of town to work, 773 work right here, and 1,262 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tallulah.

1,299live here, work elsewhere

773live and work here

1,262work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tallulah goes to work

Tallulah (in town)right here

37%773

Vicksburg, MS19 mi away

7%155

Richmond1.4 mi away

5%96

Monroe52.2 mi away

4%88

Delhi17.7 mi away

3%66

Shreveport151.7 mi away

2%45

Baton Rouge135.8 mi away

2%41

Winnsboro35.1 mi away

2%33

West Monroe56.4 mi away

1%21

Lafayette159.8 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%737

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

How far

How far Tallulah commutes

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

49%

13%

31%

49%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tallulah is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tallulah are

2,035 jobs are based in Tallulah. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tallulah’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tallulah

2,035 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Tallulah residents hold

2,072 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month30%

+1%

Jobs based in Tallulah, 2013 → 2023: 2,012 → 2,035. 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.