Work & commute · Timberlane

Work & commute in Timberlane, LA

Most working residents leave Timberlane for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (31%), Metairie (8%) and Harvey (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

90 of 3,844 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 3,754 Timberlane residents head out of town to work, 90 work right here, and 2,800 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Timberlane.

3,754live here, work elsewhere

90live and work here

2,800work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Timberlane goes to work

New Orleans13.4 mi away

31%1,200

Metairie12.1 mi away

8%320

Harvey2.4 mi away

6%233

Gretna2.7 mi away

5%210

Marrero5.1 mi away

5%173

Elmwood10.9 mi away

4%157

Terrytown1.7 mi away

3%121

Belle Chasse2 mi away

3%119

Baton Rouge76.5 mi away

3%117

Kenner16.3 mi away

3%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,095

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

How far

How far Timberlane commutes

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

64%

19%

12%

64%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Timberlane is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Timberlane are

2,890 jobs are based in Timberlane. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Timberlane’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Timberlane

2,890 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Timberlane residents hold

3,844 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+21%

Jobs based in Timberlane, 2013 → 2023: 2,385 → 2,890. 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.