Work & commute · Ville Platte

Work & commute in Ville Platte, LA

Most working residents leave Ville Platte for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Lafayette (6%), Opelousas (5%) and Baton Rouge (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

414 of 2,214 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,800 Ville Platte residents head out of town to work, 414 work right here, and 2,376 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ville Platte.

1,800live here, work elsewhere

414live and work here

2,376work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ville Platte goes to work

Ville Platte (in town)right here

19%414

Lafayette36.4 mi away

6%142

Opelousas16.2 mi away

5%106

Baton Rouge70.1 mi away

5%105

Eunice16.3 mi away

2%47

Church Point20.1 mi away

2%40

New Orleans146.2 mi away

2%40

Alexandria43.3 mi away

2%36

Lake Charles65.3 mi away

1%32

Mamou9.4 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,225

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

How far

How far Ville Platte commutes

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

35%

16%

21%

27%

35%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ville Platte is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ville Platte are

2,790 jobs are based in Ville Platte. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ville Platte’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ville Platte

2,790 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Ville Platte residents hold

2,214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month37%

−14%

Jobs based in Ville Platte, 2013 → 2023: 3,262 → 2,790. 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.