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Caldwell Parish Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Caldwell 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 Caldwell Parish: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Caldwell Parish spend about 44 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 185 hours, about 7.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 4% more time on the road than the Louisiana average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 0.9 minutes.

Caldwell Parish holds about 0.2% of Louisiana's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Caldwell Parish would save about 74 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,294 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)
Caldwell Parish 22.2 min 44.4 min 185 hrs/yr $5,735 403
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.

Commute Time Map: Louisiana Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Louisiana
  1. East Carroll Parish (11.4 min)
  2. Madison Parish (13.1 min)
  3. St. Mary Parish (15.5 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Louisiana
  1. West Feliciana Parish (32.8 min)
  2. East Feliciana Parish (32.8 min)
  3. St. Helena Parish (32.4 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Caldwell Parish
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 22.2 minutes to get to work in Caldwell Parish. That's 1% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.5% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Caldwell Parish

  • Car: 90.1%
  • Worked at Home: 6.5%
  • Other: 3.1%
  • Walked: 0.3% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Caldwell Parish, versus 0.1% in Louisiana.

Walking is unusually rare in Caldwell Parish: 6.0 times less than the Louisiana average (0.3% vs 1.8%).

Public transit is essentially absent in Caldwell Parish, versus 0.9% in Louisiana.

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Caldwell Parish, versus 0.2% in Louisiana.

Biking is essentially absent in Caldwell Parish, versus 0.3% in Louisiana.

Few people walk or bike to work in Caldwell Parish: just 0.3%, 7.1 times below the Louisiana average of 2.2%.

Commute Mode Trends in Caldwell Parish, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Caldwell 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 Walked Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 95.3% 1.9% 0.8% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 94.5% 1.3% 1.8% 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 95.7% 0.3% 1.7% 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 92.8% 2.4% 2.2% 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 94.4% 0.5% 1.8% 3.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 92.9% 1.2% 1.6% 4.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 90.5% 3.0% 1.2% 5.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 88.8% 3.2% 2.5% 5.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 91.7% 1.7% 2.3% 4.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 92.0% 1.8% 2.7% 3.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 94.8% 1.7% 2.7% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 94.2% 2.6% 3.1% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 93.8% 1.5% 4.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 91.1% 4.0% 4.8% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 89.8% 5.8% 3.8% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 90.1% 6.5% 3.1% 0.3% 0.0% 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 2011 at 95.7% and lowest in 2016 at 88.8%. Overall it fell from 95.3% in 2009 to 90.1% in 2024, down 5.2 percentage points.

Working from home gained the most ground in Caldwell Parish: its share of workers rose from 1.9% in 2009 to 6.5% in 2024, up 4.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.0% to 0.3% of workers (down 1.7 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2019 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Caldwell Parish

  • Earlier AlarmsThe biggest shift to earlier mornings among Louisiana's 64 counties: the typical start is 36 minutes earlier than in 2009.
  • Early BirdThe 2nd-earliest start among Louisiana's 64 counties: half of commuters are on the road by 6:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Caldwell Parish?

The bars show when commuters in Caldwell 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
7.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
12.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
5.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
25.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
12.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
14.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
6.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
0.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
0.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
2.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
3.6%

Caldwell Parish Louisiana Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Caldwell Parish is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 25.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.1% across Louisiana. Early starts are more common than in Louisiana: 24.7% 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 13 commuters (7.9%) 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 Caldwell 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 Caldwell 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 Caldwell 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 Caldwell Parish Louisiana United States
2009 7:06 AM 7:23 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:15 AM 7:23 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:13 AM 7:23 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:12 AM 7:23 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:16 AM 7:23 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:10 AM 7:23 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:07 AM 7:23 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:11 AM 7:23 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:10 AM 7:22 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:09 AM 7:22 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:06 AM 7:21 AM 7:37 AM
2020 6:59 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2021 6:44 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2022 6:38 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2023 6:35 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2024 6:29 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Caldwell Parish were on the road by 6:29 AM, 36 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:06 AM). The shift is sharper than across Louisiana, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Caldwell Parish now leave 69 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 Caldwell Parish has moved 37 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Caldwell Parish in the whole series.

How does Caldwell Parish's commute time compare?

Metric Caldwell Parish Louisiana US Average
Avg. Commute Time 22.2 min 21.3 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 6.5% 8.1% 15.0%
Walked 0.3% 1.8% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.9% 3.2%

The average commute time in Caldwell Parish is 22.2 minutes, longer than the 21.3 minutes in Louisiana.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Louisiana. 0.3% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Louisiana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Caldwell Parish, LA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Caldwell Parish, LA is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 9,498 residents against a local median of 19,403. Caldwell Parish, LA's one-way commute, at 22.2 min, runs 21% above the 18.4 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 2.8 min on one-way commute, so Caldwell Parish, LA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Caldwell Parish, LA has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Caldwell Parish, LA 9,498 22.2 min #6/6 6.5% #3/6 6:29 AM #1/6
Ouachita Parish, LA 158,478 18.0 min 8.3% 7:26 AM
LaSalle Parish, LA 14,789 18.4 min 3.5% 7:10 AM
Franklin Parish, LA 19,403 20.8 min 6.5% 7:17 AM
Richland Parish, LA 19,819 18.6 min 6.1% 7:12 AM
Jackson Parish, LA 14,881 18.4 min 5.4% 7:09 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.

Is living in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 185 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,735 at a typical national wage. That's 4% more than the typical Louisiana commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana?

Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Do people use public transit in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.9% in Louisiana, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

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).