Work & commute · Westwego

Work & commute in Westwego, LA

Most working residents leave Westwego for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (20%), Metairie (11%) and Elmwood (7%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

167 of 3,329 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 3,162 Westwego residents head out of town to work, 167 work right here, and 1,505 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westwego.

3,162live here, work elsewhere

167live and work here

1,505work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westwego goes to work

New Orleans16.1 mi away

20%680

Metairie6.6 mi away

11%368

Elmwood4.3 mi away

7%246

Marrero2.3 mi away

6%215

Harvey4.8 mi away

6%185

Gretna5.5 mi away

5%181

Westwego (in town)right here

5%167

Kenner9.8 mi away

4%142

Baton Rouge69.7 mi away

3%86

Jefferson3.9 mi away

2%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%979

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

How far

How far Westwego commutes

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

76%

11%

76%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westwego is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westwego are

1,672 jobs are based in Westwego. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westwego’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westwego

1,672 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Westwego residents hold

3,329 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−34%

Jobs based in Westwego, 2013 → 2023: 2,522 → 1,672. 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.