Photo: Wikilester1999 · CC BY-SA 4.0Natchez has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Natchez itself; outside it, Natchitoches draws the most (43%, 5 miles). There are 31 jobs in Natchez for 208 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Louisiana has 8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Natchez in brief
Natchez and Natchitoches trade workers both ways
Natchitoches is the top workplace for Natchez residents (43%) and also where the most people who work in Natchez come from (45% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Natchez is a place people come home to
There are 31 jobs based in Natchez, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Natchez has about 310 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Natchez are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 26 across Louisiana. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Louisiana worker. Time on the road ↓
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 208 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Natchez to work: where people go
Where Natchez clocks in
43% of workers
9% 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.
Who works in Natchez, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 207 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Natchez on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
The daily trip from Natchez: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Natchez workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 124 commuters (the 0% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Natchez
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Natchez, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 31. 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 Natchez’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Natchez to work
About 30% 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.
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 Natchez: questions
What is the poverty rate in Natchez?
47.9%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Natchez?
16 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Natchez work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Natchitoches (43%, 5 mi), Shreveport (9%, 70 mi), Bossier City (6%, 69 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Natchez without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 30% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Natchez, from the people who make the trip.
More of Natchez
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.