Vienna has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
There are 32 jobs in Vienna; 213 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Vienna itself; outside it, Ruston draws the most (40%, 5 miles). The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average; Louisiana averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Vienna
Vienna is a place people come home to
There are 32 jobs based in Vienna, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Vienna has about 290 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
40% of Vienna works in Ruston
86 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Ruston, 5.3 miles away. That’s far more as work in Vienna itself. The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Vienna’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 28 minutes, longer than the Louisiana average of 26. 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 213 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Vienna on a workday
On a workday 213 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Vienna on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 Vienna work
Where Vienna clocks in
40% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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 trip from Vienna: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vienna workers work from home, vs 8% across Louisiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 300 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vienna, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 32. 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 Vienna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Vienna goes to work
About 20% 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 Vienna: questions
What is the median household income in Vienna?
$95,000 (±$53,175) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,756 across Louisiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vienna?
4.8%, against 18.9% across Louisiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vienna?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Louisiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vienna work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ruston (40%, 5 mi), West Monroe (7%, 30 mi), Monroe (5%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vienna without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vienna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vienna
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.