Sorrel has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Only 3% stay in Sorrel for work; outside it, New Iberia is the main destination (10%, 14 miles). 111 jobs are based in Sorrel, and 250 of its residents work somewhere. Commuters spend 33 minutes getting to work on average, where Louisiana has 26 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Sorrel apart
Sorrel’s commute takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sorrel workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 211 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.
Sorrel quiets down on a workday
On a workday 243 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Sorrel on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 Sorrel work
Where Sorrel clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
Sorrel works in goods: 86% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sorrel, 2013 → 2023: 191 → 111. 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 Sorrel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Sorrel
About 28% 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 Sorrel: questions
What is the median household income in Sorrel?
$62,578 (±$29,406) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sorrel?
15.1%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sorrel?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sorrel work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Iberia (10%, 14 mi), Franklin (9%, 10 mi), Charenton (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sorrel without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sorrel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sorrel
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.