Work & commute · Vivian

Work & commute in Vivian, LA

Most working residents leave Vivian for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Shreveport (33%), Bossier City (8%) and Oil City (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

160 of 972 working residents

Typical commute

29 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 812 Vivian residents head out of town to work, 160 work right here, and 506 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vivian.

812live here, work elsewhere

160live and work here

506work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vivian goes to work

Shreveport30.1 mi away

33%324

Vivian (in town)right here

16%160

Bossier City30.8 mi away

8%82

Oil City8.7 mi away

4%39

Baton Rouge237.4 mi away

2%19

Monroe113.6 mi away

1%9

Marshall, TX31.3 mi away

1%9

Red Chute30 mi away

1%8

Metairie299.7 mi away

1%8

Gilliam8.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%307

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

How far

How far Vivian commutes

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

27%

47%

18%

27%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

47%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vivian is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vivian are

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

Jobs based in Vivian

666 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Vivian residents hold

972 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month39%

−18%

Jobs based in Vivian, 2013 → 2023: 809 → 666. 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.