New Orleans

City Commute Profile

New Orleans, LA

Where New Orleans’s 151,894 resident workers go each day — 57.1% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Metairie.

LouisianaLODES 2023 data
65
Commute Score

65 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

New Orleans at a glance
Employed Residents
151,894
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
7.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
57.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
14.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Metairie
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for New Orleans proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How New Orleans commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

New Orleans

151,894 commutes, one dot at a time

New Orleans

Where 151,894 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in New Orleans, by worker count.

1New Orleans0.0 mi86,785
2Metairie7.4 mi14,179
3Elmwood8.0 mi4,799
4Baton Rouge72.5 mi4,290
5Kenner11.9 mi4,177
6Jefferson6.1 mi3,933
7Gretna4.2 mi2,054
8Marrero6.9 mi1,925

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into New Orleans.

1New Orleans0.0 mi86,785
2Metairie7.4 mi17,370
3Kenner11.9 mi5,710
4Marrero6.9 mi3,498
5Terrytown5.2 mi3,259
6Chalmette5.9 mi3,156
7Baton Rouge72.5 mi2,615
8Harvey5.8 mi2,479

Top industries

The sectors that employ New Orleans’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
AFAccommodation and Food Services18.8%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance15.4%
EDEducational Services12.2%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services8.3%
RTRetail Trade7.4%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.8%
PAPublic Administration4.4%
TRTransportation and Warehousing4.0%
ARArts, Entertainment, and Recreation3.5%

New Orleans city profile

Who lives in New Orleans — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
371,853
Median age
38.8yrs
Median household income
$56,631
Median home value
$315,700
Median gross rent
$1,251/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
42.4%
Poverty rate
22.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for New Orleans

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps83%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in New Orleans

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).