Photo: Tony Ragas · Public domainBuras has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Working residents average 22 minutes each way; Louisiana averages 26, the U.S. 26. Buras has 68 jobs; 352 of its residents have a job. Only 5% work in Buras; the top destination outside it is New Orleans (13%, 54 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Buras: the figures worth knowing
A big share show a job far from home
56% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Buras’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Buras is New Orleans, 54 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (47) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Buras is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in Buras, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Buras has about 320 people in it, 47% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 352 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Near or far: the trip to work from Buras
About 56% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Buras quiets down on a workday
On a workday 335 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Buras on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Buras work
Where Buras clocks in
13% of workers
13% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Buras
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buras, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 68. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buras’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Buras takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Buras workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 196 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Louisiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Next door to Buras
The biggest share goes to Empire (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Buras workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buras | – | — | — | 22 min | $54,167 |
| Triumph | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Empire | 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Triumph and Empire: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Buras’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Buras: questions
What is the median household income in Buras?
$54,167 (±$43,084) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buras?
32.1%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Buras?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Buras work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Orleans (13%, 54 mi), Port Sulphur (13%, 16 mi), Belle Chasse (6%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Buras without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Buras, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buras
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.