Work & commute · Winnfield

Work & commute in Winnfield, LA

About one in 3 of Winnfield’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Natchitoches (4%), Alexandria (3%) and Ruston (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

521 of 1,634 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,113 Winnfield residents head out of town to work, 521 work right here, and 1,895 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winnfield.

1,113live here, work elsewhere

521live and work here

1,895work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winnfield goes to work

Winnfield (in town)right here

32%521

Natchitoches29.9 mi away

4%60

Alexandria44.7 mi away

3%52

Ruston42.1 mi away

3%49

Monroe52.7 mi away

2%40

Baton Rouge135.9 mi away

1%24

Jonesboro21.8 mi away

1%21

Shreveport77 mi away

1%21

Jena34.2 mi away

1%16

West Monroe49.7 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%815

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

How far

How far Winnfield commutes

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

45%

19%

26%

45%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winnfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Winnfield are

2,416 jobs are based in Winnfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winnfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Winnfield

2,416 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Winnfield residents hold

1,634 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−10%

Jobs based in Winnfield, 2013 → 2023: 2,673 → 2,416. 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.