Work & commute · Urania

Work & commute in Urania, LA

Most working residents leave Urania for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Jena (13%), Olla (9%) and Good Pine (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 242 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

46 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 236 Urania residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Urania.

236live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Urania goes to work

Jena15.3 mi away

13%31

Olla3.8 mi away

9%21

Good Pine13.9 mi away

3%7

Urania (in town)right here

2%6

Alexandria40.8 mi away

2%6

Baton Rouge119.8 mi away

2%6

Columbia20.8 mi away

2%5

Winnfield21 mi away

2%5

Monroe47 mi away

2%5

Shreveport97.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%146

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

How far

How far Urania commutes

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

27%

30%

14%

29%

27%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Urania is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Urania are

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

Jobs based in Urania

194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Urania residents hold

242 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+322%

Jobs based in Urania, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 194. 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.