Work & commute · Ventress

Work & commute in Ventress, LA

Most working residents leave Ventress for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (22%), New Roads (18%) and Lafayette (2%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 338 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 335 Ventress residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 245 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ventress.

335live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

245work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ventress goes to work

Baton Rouge24.2 mi away

22%75

New Roads1.8 mi away

18%61

Lafayette48.3 mi away

2%8

Port Allen21 mi away

2%6

Hammond59.2 mi away

2%6

Metairie88.4 mi away

1%5

Livonia10.7 mi away

1%4

Denham Springs31.4 mi away

1%4

Baker17.5 mi away

1%3

Youngsville52.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%163

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

How far

How far Ventress commutes

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

27%

31%

26%

16%

27%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ventress is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ventress are

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

Jobs based in Ventress

248 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)94%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Ventress residents hold

338 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+6100%

Jobs based in Ventress, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 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.