Work & commute · Louisiana

Work & commute in Louisiana, MO

About one in 4 of Louisiana’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bowling Green (8%), O'Fallon (4%) and Hannibal (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

319 of 1,316 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 997 Louisiana residents head out of town to work, 319 work right here, and 816 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Louisiana.

997live here, work elsewhere

319live and work here

816work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Louisiana goes to work

Louisiana (in town)right here

24%319

Bowling Green10 mi away

8%111

O'Fallon49.3 mi away

4%58

Hannibal25.8 mi away

4%56

Troy33 mi away

3%40

Columbia75.8 mi away

3%34

Jefferson City85 mi away

2%23

St. Peters51.8 mi away

1%18

Chesterfield60 mi away

1%18

Kansas City187.8 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%622

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

How far

How far Louisiana commutes

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

34%

13%

20%

33%

34%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Louisiana is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Louisiana are

1,135 jobs are based in Louisiana. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Louisiana’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Louisiana

1,135 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Louisiana residents hold

1,316 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−41%

Jobs based in Louisiana, 2013 → 2023: 1,917 → 1,135. 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.