Work & commute · Woodmere

Work & commute in Woodmere, LA

Most working residents leave Woodmere for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New Orleans (33%), Metairie (9%) and Marrero (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

78 of 4,543 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 4,465 Woodmere residents head out of town to work, 78 work right here, and 1,090 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodmere.

4,465live here, work elsewhere

78live and work here

1,090work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodmere goes to work

New Orleans17.1 mi away

33%1,477

Metairie12.4 mi away

9%416

Marrero3.9 mi away

5%242

Harvey3.5 mi away

5%223

Elmwood10.3 mi away

5%221

Gretna5.2 mi away

4%202

Kenner15.9 mi away

4%167

Jefferson9.6 mi away

3%147

Baton Rouge75.5 mi away

2%99

Woodmere (in town)right here

2%78

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,271

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

How far

How far Woodmere commutes

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

63%

21%

10%

63%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodmere is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodmere are

1,168 jobs are based in Woodmere. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodmere’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Woodmere

1,168 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Woodmere residents hold

4,543 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+16%

Jobs based in Woodmere, 2013 → 2023: 1,010 → 1,168. 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.