Work & commute · West Monroe

Work & commute in West Monroe, LA

About one in 5 of West Monroe’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Monroe (37%), Brownsville (3%) and Claiborne (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

996 of 4,680 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 3,684 West Monroe residents head out of town to work, 996 work right here, and 11,013 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Monroe.

3,684live here, work elsewhere

996live and work here

11,013work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Monroe goes to work

Monroe4.4 mi away

37%1,733

West Monroe (in town)right here

21%996

Brownsville1.7 mi away

3%153

Claiborne3.3 mi away

2%112

Ruston28.2 mi away

2%110

Shreveport95.7 mi away

2%106

Baton Rouge155.1 mi away

2%83

Lafayette159.4 mi away

1%48

Alexandria86.2 mi away

1%38

Houston, TX268.5 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%1,273

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

How far

How far West Monroe commutes

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

71%

20%

71%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Monroe is a job hub

2.57jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in West Monroe are

12,009 jobs are based in West Monroe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Monroe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Monroe

12,009 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs West Monroe residents hold

4,680 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−1%

Jobs based in West Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 12,120 → 12,009. 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.