Work & commute · Waggaman

Work & commute in Waggaman, LA

Most working residents leave Waggaman for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (23%), Metairie (11%) and Elmwood (10%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

99 of 3,822 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 3,723 Waggaman residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 1,352 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waggaman.

3,723live here, work elsewhere

99live and work here

1,352work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waggaman goes to work

New Orleans19.5 mi away

23%884

Metairie5.2 mi away

11%427

Elmwood2.9 mi away

10%369

Kenner5.2 mi away

6%220

Marrero7.9 mi away

4%169

Harvey10.4 mi away

4%139

Jefferson4.8 mi away

4%134

Gretna10.9 mi away

3%117

Baton Rouge64 mi away

3%107

Waggaman (in town)right here

3%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,157

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

How far

How far Waggaman commutes

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

64%

19%

11%

64%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waggaman is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waggaman are

1,451 jobs are based in Waggaman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waggaman’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waggaman

1,451 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Waggaman residents hold

3,822 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−4%

Jobs based in Waggaman, 2013 → 2023: 1,504 → 1,451. 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.