Work & commute · Terrytown

Work & commute in Terrytown, LA

Most working residents leave Terrytown for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (36%), Metairie (8%) and Gretna (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

373 of 8,402 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 8,029 Terrytown residents head out of town to work, 373 work right here, and 3,748 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Terrytown.

8,029live here, work elsewhere

373live and work here

3,748work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Terrytown goes to work

New Orleans11.8 mi away

36%2,986

Metairie11 mi away

8%663

Gretna1.5 mi away

5%424

Terrytown (in town)right here

4%373

Harvey2.5 mi away

4%356

Elmwood10.2 mi away

4%337

Marrero5.2 mi away

4%325

Baton Rouge75.7 mi away

3%260

Kenner15.5 mi away

3%212

Jefferson8.6 mi away

2%210

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%2,256

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

How far

How far Terrytown commutes

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

67%

15%

13%

67%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Terrytown is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Terrytown are

4,121 jobs are based in Terrytown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Terrytown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Terrytown

4,121 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Terrytown residents hold

8,402 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

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Jobs based in Terrytown, 2013 → 2023: 4,115 → 4,121. 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.