Work & commute · Varnado

Work & commute in Varnado, LA

Most working residents leave Varnado for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bogalusa (17%), Franklinton (11%) and New Orleans (9%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 95 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 94 Varnado residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Varnado.

94live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

170work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Varnado goes to work

Bogalusa8.5 mi away

17%16

Franklinton18.9 mi away

11%10

New Orleans58.5 mi away

9%9

Metairie65.4 mi away

8%8

Baton Rouge83.3 mi away

4%4

Covington33.2 mi away

2%2

Mandeville39.3 mi away

2%2

Jefferson67.4 mi away

2%2

Elmwood68.4 mi away

2%2

St. Rose70.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%38

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

How far

How far Varnado commutes

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

29%

13%

19%

39%

29%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Varnado is a job hub

1.80jobs 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 Varnado are

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

Jobs based in Varnado

171 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month58%

Over $3,333 a month11%

Jobs Varnado residents hold

95 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−60%

Jobs based in Varnado, 2013 → 2023: 423 → 171. 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.