Work & commute · Venice

Work & commute in Venice, LA

Most working residents leave Venice for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Port Sulphur (16%), New Orleans (8%) and Gretna (6%). Half commute less than 59 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 50 working residents

Typical commute

59 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 48 Venice residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 195 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Venice.

48live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

195work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Venice goes to work

Port Sulphur26.4 mi away

16%8

New Orleans62.5 mi away

8%4

Gretna59.2 mi away

6%3

Baton Rouge132.1 mi away

4%2

Venice (in town)right here

4%2

Buras10.2 mi away

4%2

Jefferson66 mi away

4%2

Belle Chasse54.6 mi away

4%2

Youngsville167.2 mi away

2%1

Broussard165.8 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%23

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

How far

How far Venice commutes

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

16%

10%

14%

60%

16%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

60%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Venice is a job hub

3.94jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Venice are

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

Jobs based in Venice

197 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Venice residents hold

50 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−41%

Jobs based in Venice, 2013 → 2023: 336 → 197. 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.