Post-Katrina Commuting Patterns
Report by Allison Plyer, Elaine Ortiz, Kathryn Pettit
January 15, 2010
The Data Center
(
New Orleans
)
More low–wage workers commute into Orleans Parish for work, than commute out. But of all metro area parishes, Jefferson has the largest net inflow of low-wage workers. Nearly 22,000 low–wage workers commute into Jefferson Parish for work—hundreds from as far away as St. John the Baptist Parish.