Work & commute · White Castle

Work & commute in White Castle, LA

Most working residents leave White Castle for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Baton Rouge (20%), Plaquemine (8%) and Gonzales (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 658 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 623 White Castle residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Castle.

623live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Castle goes to work

Baton Rouge19.4 mi away

20%131

Plaquemine10.1 mi away

8%51

White Castle (in town)right here

5%35

Gonzales14 mi away

2%16

Prairieville15.5 mi away

2%16

Lafayette52.7 mi away

2%15

New Orleans73 mi away

2%12

Donaldsonville10.4 mi away

2%11

Bayou Goula4.3 mi away

1%6

Hammond47.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%360

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

How far

How far White Castle commutes

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

26%

51%

16%

26%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Castle is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Castle are

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

Jobs based in White Castle

154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs White Castle residents hold

658 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−26%

Jobs based in White Castle, 2013 → 2023: 207 → 154. 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.