Work & commute · Walker

Work & commute in Walker, LA

Most working residents leave Walker for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (25%), Livingston (6%) and Denham Springs (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

162 of 2,798 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 2,636 Walker residents head out of town to work, 162 work right here, and 2,748 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walker.

2,636live here, work elsewhere

162live and work here

2,748work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walker goes to work

Baton Rouge16 mi away

25%689

Livingston7.2 mi away

6%175

Walker (in town)right here

6%162

Denham Springs5.5 mi away

5%127

Hammond24.6 mi away

3%70

New Orleans63.1 mi away

2%43

Central11.3 mi away

1%37

Prairieville12.9 mi away

1%35

Gonzales19 mi away

1%32

Metairie53.2 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,398

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

How far

How far Walker commutes

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

25%

54%

12%

25%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walker is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Walker are

2,910 jobs are based in Walker. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Walker’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Walker

2,910 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Walker residents hold

2,798 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+64%

Jobs based in Walker, 2013 → 2023: 1,773 → 2,910. 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.