Work & commute · Welsh

Work & commute in Welsh, LA

Most working residents leave Welsh for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Charles (18%), Jennings (12%) and Lafayette (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

112 of 1,203 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 1,091 Welsh residents head out of town to work, 112 work right here, and 463 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Welsh.

1,091live here, work elsewhere

112live and work here

463work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Welsh goes to work

Lake Charles23.9 mi away

18%220

Jennings9.2 mi away

12%150

Welsh (in town)right here

9%112

Lafayette46.8 mi away

6%71

Sulphur32.5 mi away

2%27

Baton Rouge101.3 mi away

2%22

Crowley26.1 mi away

1%15

Iowa12 mi away

1%14

Alexandria75.9 mi away

1%14

Beaumont, TX80.3 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%547

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

How far

How far Welsh commutes

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

24%

27%

26%

23%

24%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Welsh is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Welsh are

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

Jobs based in Welsh

575 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Welsh residents hold

1,203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−15%

Jobs based in Welsh, 2013 → 2023: 674 → 575. 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.