Work & commute · Zwolle

Work & commute in Zwolle, LA

Most working residents leave Zwolle for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Many (21%), Shreveport (7%) and Natchitoches (5%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 556 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 508 Zwolle residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 526 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Zwolle.

508live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

526work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Zwolle goes to work

Many10.9 mi away

21%114

Zwolle (in town)right here

9%48

Shreveport57.8 mi away

7%41

Natchitoches32.4 mi away

5%27

Alexandria73 mi away

4%24

Mansfield27.6 mi away

3%16

DeRidder58.6 mi away

2%9

Bossier City61.1 mi away

1%8

Leesville40.4 mi away

1%6

Pineville75.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%258

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

How far

How far Zwolle commutes

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

17%

23%

18%

42%

17%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Zwolle is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Zwolle are

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

Jobs based in Zwolle

574 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Zwolle residents hold

556 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+40%

Jobs based in Zwolle, 2013 → 2023: 409 → 574. 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.