Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY 3.0There are 2.0 jobs in Mandeville for every working resident, and 8,995 people commute in
There are 9,756 jobs in Mandeville, and 4,876 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Mandeville are A− for jobs and income and B for walkability. For 22% of workers, the job is at home, next to 8% for Louisiana as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Mandeville
Mandeville draws workers from far and wide
The 9,756 jobs in Mandeville are filled from a wide area. Mandeville’s own residents hold 8% and the ten next-biggest home towns 17%; the other 75% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Mandeville is where the jobs are
Mandeville has 9,756 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Mandeville
22% of Mandeville workers work from home, against 8% across Louisiana. Time on the road ↓
Mandeville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mandeville is New Orleans, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (449) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Mandeville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mandeville is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #7 of 161 in Louisiana. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Mandeville’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mandeville could be anywhere from B to A.
Where Mandeville’s workers come from
Where Mandeville clocks in
9% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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 daily commute in and out of Mandeville
On a workday 4,115 residents head out to work and 761 work right here.
About 18,000 people are in Mandeville on a workday afternoon, 38% more than live here.
2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 26 minutes each way, about the LA average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mandeville workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,825 commuters (the 22% 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.
How far it is to work from Mandeville
About 17% 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.
The kinds of work in Mandeville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mandeville, 2013 → 2023: 8,664 → 9,756. 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 Mandeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Mandeville is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mandeville is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #65 of 161 in Louisiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Louisiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,206 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.3% of Mandeville households have no vehicle (Louisiana 8.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mandeville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Mandeville ranks: 672nd of 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 326 | Belle Chasse LA | 10,934 | $115K | 6.1% | 2.5% | 16% | A |
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| 670 | Bee Ridge FL | 10,334 | $76K | 7.2% | 1.3% | 6% | A− |
| 671 | Wilmington Island GA | 13,905 | $94K | 4.2% | 3.5% | 7% | A− |
| 672 | Mandeville LA | 12,918 | $94K | 7.1% | 2.9% | 16% | A− |
| 673 | Lewisville NC | 14,421 | $101K | 10.2% | 1.9% | 3% | A− |
| 674 | Tippecanoe Township IN | 9,877 | $110K | 5.2% | 3.2% | 3% | A− |
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| 790 | Moss Bluff LA | 12,482 | $92K | 8.9% | 1.1% | 5% | A− |
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| 863 | River Ridge LA | 13,312 | $84K | 9.7% | 3.3% | 4% | A− |
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| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mandeville, the top three, the last and three more from Louisiana.
How Mandeville compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mandeville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandeville | – | A− | B | 26 min | $94,405 |
| Lewisburg | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lewisburg: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mandeville’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 Mandeville: questions
What is the median household income in Mandeville?
$94,405 (±$11,450) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mandeville?
7.1%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mandeville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mandeville work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Orleans (9%, 25 mi), Covington (9%, 7 mi), Metairie (7%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mandeville walkable?
Mandeville is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mandeville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mandeville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mandeville
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.