Work & commute · Thibodaux

Work & commute in Thibodaux, LA

About one in 4 of Thibodaux’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (5%), Bayou Cane (4%) and Baton Rouge (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

1,561 of 6,407 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 4,846 Thibodaux residents head out of town to work, 1,561 work right here, and 9,687 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thibodaux.

4,846live here, work elsewhere

1,561live and work here

9,687work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thibodaux goes to work

Thibodaux (in town)right here

24%1,561

New Orleans55.6 mi away

5%312

Bayou Cane12.4 mi away

4%279

Baton Rouge48.6 mi away

4%273

Bayou Country Club1.9 mi away

2%158

Metairie40.6 mi away

2%144

Schriever4.7 mi away

2%120

Gray8.3 mi away

2%103

Lafayette78 mi away

1%87

Kenner36.7 mi away

1%71

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%3,299

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

How far

How far Thibodaux commutes

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

37%

21%

28%

14%

37%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thibodaux is a job hub

1.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Thibodaux are

11,248 jobs are based in Thibodaux. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Thibodaux’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Thibodaux

11,248 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Thibodaux residents hold

6,407 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+5%

Jobs based in Thibodaux, 2013 → 2023: 10,709 → 11,248. 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.