Commuting in Allen Parish, Louisiana: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Allen Parish: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Allen Parish spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 151 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 15% less time on the road than the Louisiana average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 3.1 minutes.
Allen Parish holds about 0.5% of Louisiana's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Allen Parish would save about 60 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,875 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Area
One-Way Commute
Daily Round-Trip
Yearly Time Spent
Estimated Yearly Cost
Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Allen Parish
18.1 min
36.3 min
151 hrs/yr
$4,688
577
Louisiana
21.3 min
42.5 min
177 hrs/yr
$5,493
1,164
United States
22.4 min
44.8 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,790
1,355
The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it
as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day
on non-highway roads, come from proprietary
Ticon and
TrafficZoom data.
On average, it takes
18.1
minutes to get to work in
Allen Parish.
That's 19% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 83% of counties in Louisiana
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.8% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Allen Parish
Car:
89.5%
Worked at Home:
6.8%
Walked:
2.0%
Public Transportation:
1.2%
Other:
0.5%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Allen Parish, versus 0.1% in Louisiana.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Allen Parish, versus 0.2% in Louisiana.
Biking is essentially absent in Allen Parish, versus 0.3% in Louisiana.
Commute Mode Trends in Allen Parish, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Allen Parish get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Walked
Public Transportation
Other
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
94.7%
2.2%
2.1%
0.1%
0.7%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2010
93.5%
2.2%
2.8%
0.1%
1.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2011
93.3%
2.3%
2.7%
0.1%
1.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2012
94.3%
1.7%
1.8%
0.1%
1.9%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2013
93.2%
1.4%
1.9%
0.6%
2.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2014
93.7%
1.0%
1.7%
0.7%
2.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2015
93.1%
1.9%
1.2%
0.8%
3.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2016
93.6%
2.3%
0.8%
0.6%
2.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
94.1%
2.3%
0.7%
0.7%
2.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
94.9%
2.2%
0.8%
0.2%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
95.2%
2.6%
0.1%
0.1%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
97.0%
1.2%
0.1%
0.4%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
94.8%
1.6%
1.4%
0.7%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2022
92.2%
4.1%
1.2%
0.9%
1.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2023
89.4%
7.3%
0.9%
1.2%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
89.5%
6.8%
2.0%
1.2%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2020 at 97.0% and lowest in 2023 at 89.4%. Overall it fell from 94.7% in 2009 to 89.5% in 2024, down 5.2 percentage points.
Working from home gained the most ground in Allen Parish: its share of workers rose from 2.2% in 2009 to 6.8% in 2024, up 4.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 4th most common choice in the 2013 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Allen Parish
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Allen Parish?
The bars show when commuters in Allen Parish leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Louisiana for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMAllen Parish12.7%Louisiana8.3%
12.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMAllen Parish6.6%Louisiana4.7%
6.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMAllen Parish9.5%Louisiana5.4%
9.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMAllen Parish10.5%Louisiana10.1%
10.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMAllen Parish11.0%Louisiana10.8%
11.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMAllen Parish14.0%Louisiana16.1%
14.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMAllen Parish10.1%Louisiana11.9%
10.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMAllen Parish5.8%Louisiana9.6%
5.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMAllen Parish1.5%Louisiana3.9%
1.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMAllen Parish1.6%Louisiana5.0%
1.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMAllen Parish1.7%Louisiana2.3%
1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMAllen Parish1.2%Louisiana1.0%
1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMAllen Parish7.4%Louisiana5.4%
7.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMAllen Parish6.3%Louisiana5.3%
6.3%
Allen ParishLouisianaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Allen Parish is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 14.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.1% across Louisiana. Early starts are more common than in Louisiana: 28.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 18.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Louisiana: 40.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.5% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.3%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.
When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.
See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Allen Parish, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.
Is Allen Parish Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024
Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Allen Parish next to Louisiana and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Allen Parish
Louisiana
United States
2009
7:10 AM
7:23 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:11 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:09 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:05 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:04 AM
7:23 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:02 AM
7:23 AM
7:39 AM
2015
6:58 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2016
6:58 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2017
6:59 AM
7:22 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:00 AM
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:01 AM
7:21 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:07 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:08 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:09 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:05 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2024
6:59 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Allen Parish were on the road by 6:59 AM, 11 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:10 AM). The shift is sharper than across Louisiana, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Allen Parish now leave 39 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Allen Parish has moved 2 minutes earlier.
How does Allen Parish's commute time compare?
Metric
Allen Parish
Louisiana
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.1 min
21.3 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
12:00 AM – 04:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
6.8%
8.1%
15.0%
Walked
2.0%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.2%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Allen Parish is 18.1 minutes, shorter than the 21.3 minutes in Louisiana.
1.2% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.9% in Louisiana. 2.0% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Louisiana.
Allen Parish, LA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Allen Parish, LA is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 22,477 residents against a local median of 36,674. The measure that sets Allen Parish, LA apart most is work from home: 6.8%, 63% above the local median of 4.2%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 18.1 min against a local median of 22.5 min, 19% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 19% below the local median it puts Allen Parish, LA at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 2.4% on work from home, so Allen Parish, LA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Allen Parish, LA has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Allen Parish, Louisiana.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Allen Parish, Louisiana?
Commuters here spend an estimated 151 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,688 at a typical national wage. That's 15% less than the typical Louisiana commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Allen Parish, Louisiana?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Allen Parish, Louisiana. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among counties in Louisiana?
Among counties in Louisiana, the shortest average commutes are in East Carroll Parish (11.4 min), Madison Parish (13.1 min), St. Mary Parish (15.5 min). The longest are in West Feliciana Parish (32.8 min), East Feliciana Parish (32.8 min), St. Helena Parish (32.4 min).