Commuting in Caddo 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 Caddo Parish: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Caddo 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 152 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 14% less time on the road than the Louisiana average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 3.1 minutes.
Caddo Parish holds about 5.0% of Louisiana's population but accounts for roughly 4.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Caddo Parish would save about 61 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,881 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)
Caddo Parish
18.2 min
36.4 min
152 hrs/yr
$4,703
1,312
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
18.2
minutes to get to work in
Caddo Parish.
That's 19% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 81% of counties in Louisiana
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Caddo Parish
Car:
89.1%
Worked at Home:
6.6%
Other:
2.1%
Public Transportation:
1.1%
Walked:
1.0%
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Biking is unusually rare in Caddo Parish: 9.2 times less than the Louisiana average (0.0% vs 0.3%).
Commute Mode Trends in Caddo Parish, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Caddo 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
Other
Public Transportation
Walked
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
92.3%
1.7%
1.5%
2.2%
1.9%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2010
91.9%
1.8%
1.6%
2.4%
1.9%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2011
92.5%
1.9%
1.4%
2.2%
1.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2012
92.6%
2.1%
1.2%
2.0%
1.7%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2013
92.7%
2.2%
1.2%
1.8%
1.6%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2014
93.0%
2.1%
1.0%
1.8%
1.6%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2015
93.5%
2.1%
0.8%
1.8%
1.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.2%
2016
93.6%
2.1%
0.7%
1.7%
1.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2017
93.7%
2.4%
0.5%
1.8%
1.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
2018
93.6%
2.6%
0.4%
1.7%
1.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
2019
93.8%
2.5%
0.6%
1.6%
1.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
2020
93.1%
3.1%
1.0%
1.3%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2021
92.2%
4.0%
1.4%
1.3%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2022
91.2%
4.7%
1.9%
1.0%
1.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
2023
90.4%
5.4%
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
89.1%
6.6%
2.1%
1.1%
1.0%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 93.8%. Overall it fell from 92.3% in 2009 to 89.1% in 2024, down 3.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Caddo Parish: its share of workers rose from 1.7% in 2009 to 6.6% in 2024, up 4.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.2% to 1.1% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).
Working from home overtook public transit to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2012 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Caddo Parish
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Caddo Parish?
The bars show when commuters in Caddo 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 AMCaddo Parish12.3%Louisiana8.3%
12.3%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCaddo Parish2.8%Louisiana4.7%
2.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCaddo Parish4.1%Louisiana5.4%
4.1%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCaddo Parish7.5%Louisiana10.1%
7.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCaddo Parish10.4%Louisiana10.8%
10.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCaddo Parish13.8%Louisiana16.1%
13.8%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCaddo Parish13.0%Louisiana11.9%
13.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCaddo Parish9.2%Louisiana9.6%
9.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCaddo Parish4.2%Louisiana3.9%
4.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCaddo Parish4.8%Louisiana5.0%
4.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCaddo Parish2.8%Louisiana2.3%
2.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCaddo Parish2.5%Louisiana1.0%
2.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCaddo Parish6.1%Louisiana5.4%
6.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCaddo Parish6.6%Louisiana5.3%
6.6%
Caddo ParishLouisianaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Caddo Parish is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.1% across Louisiana. Early starts are about as common as in Louisiana: 19.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 18.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Louisiana: 46.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (22.8%) 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 Caddo 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 Caddo 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 Caddo 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
Caddo Parish
Louisiana
United States
2009
7:43 AM
7:23 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:42 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:40 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:40 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:38 AM
7:23 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:36 AM
7:23 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:35 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:37 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:36 AM
7:22 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:37 AM
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:35 AM
7:21 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:34 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:33 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:30 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:27 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:28 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Caddo Parish were on the road by 7:28 AM, 14 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:43 AM). The shift is sharper than across Louisiana, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Caddo Parish now leave 9 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 Caddo Parish has moved 7 minutes earlier.
How does Caddo Parish's commute time compare?
Metric
Caddo Parish
Louisiana
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.2 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
6.6%
8.1%
15.0%
Walked
1.0%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Caddo Parish is 18.2 minutes, shorter than the 21.3 minutes in Louisiana.
1.1% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.9% in Louisiana. 1.0% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Louisiana.
Caddo Parish, LA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Caddo Parish, LA is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 229,305 residents against a local median of 35,820. Nothing separates Caddo Parish, LA sharply from the counties around it. Each measure below lands within 15% of the local median, close enough that the differences are within what survey sampling alone would produce.
The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 11% below the local median at 18.2 min against 20.5 min. Caddo Parish, LA has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Caddo Parish, Louisiana?
Commuters here spend an estimated 152 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,703 at a typical national wage. That's 14% less than the typical Louisiana commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Caddo Parish, Louisiana?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How do commute times compare across 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).