Commuting in Catahoula 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 Catahoula Parish: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Catahoula Parish spend about 61 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 252 hours, about 10.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 42% more time on the road than the Louisiana average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 9.0 minutes.
Catahoula Parish holds about 0.2% of Louisiana's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Catahoula Parish would save about 101 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,128 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)
Catahoula Parish
30.3 min
60.5 min
252 hrs/yr
$7,821
245
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
30.3
minutes to get to work in
Catahoula Parish.
That's 35% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 92% of counties in Louisiana
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 13.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Catahoula Parish
Car:
82.3%
Worked at Home:
13.1%
Walked:
2.4%
Other:
2.2%
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 Catahoula Parish, versus 0.1% in Louisiana.
Public transit is essentially absent in Catahoula Parish, versus 0.9% in Louisiana.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Catahoula Parish, versus 0.2% in Louisiana.
Biking is essentially absent in Catahoula Parish, versus 0.3% in Louisiana.
Commute Mode Trends in Catahoula Parish, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Catahoula 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
Other
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
89.2%
3.8%
4.1%
1.3%
1.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2010
89.8%
4.5%
2.5%
2.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
0.3%
2011
87.0%
5.0%
3.3%
3.7%
0.5%
0.0%
0.3%
0.2%
2012
87.2%
4.4%
3.5%
3.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.4%
0.6%
2013
92.4%
3.1%
1.6%
2.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2014
93.6%
2.4%
1.4%
2.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2015
96.4%
0.8%
1.6%
1.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
97.8%
0.4%
0.6%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
97.0%
0.6%
1.0%
1.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
96.9%
0.8%
1.0%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
96.8%
1.0%
0.3%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
94.9%
0.6%
2.0%
2.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
94.4%
1.6%
2.2%
1.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
87.2%
9.2%
2.1%
1.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
86.1%
10.4%
1.6%
2.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
82.3%
13.1%
2.4%
2.2%
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 peaked in 2016 at 97.8%. Overall it fell from 89.2% in 2009 to 82.3% in 2024, down 6.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 8 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Catahoula Parish: its share of workers rose from 3.8% in 2009 to 13.1% in 2024, up 9.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 12.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.1% to 2.4% of workers (down 1.7 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Catahoula Parish
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Catahoula Parish?
The bars show when commuters in Catahoula 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 AMCatahoula Parish3.1%Louisiana8.3%
3.1%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMCatahoula Parish6.2%Louisiana4.7%
6.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMCatahoula Parish11.6%Louisiana5.4%
11.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMCatahoula Parish11.1%Louisiana10.1%
11.1%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMCatahoula Parish15.8%Louisiana10.8%
15.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMCatahoula Parish16.0%Louisiana16.1%
16.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMCatahoula Parish8.1%Louisiana11.9%
8.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMCatahoula Parish12.9%Louisiana9.6%
12.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMCatahoula Parish0.8%Louisiana3.9%
0.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMCatahoula Parish1.2%Louisiana5.0%
1.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMCatahoula Parish1.1%Louisiana2.3%
1.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMCatahoula Parish0.0%Louisiana1.0%
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMCatahoula Parish4.2%Louisiana5.4%
4.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMCatahoula Parish8.0%Louisiana5.3%
8.0%
Catahoula ParishLouisianaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Catahoula Parish is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.1% across Louisiana. Early starts are more common than in Louisiana: 20.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 18.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Louisiana: 52.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.5% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.4%) 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 Catahoula 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 Catahoula 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 Catahoula 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
Catahoula Parish
Louisiana
United States
2009
7:03 AM
7:23 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:00 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2011
6:56 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:10 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:15 AM
7:23 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:24 AM
7:23 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:26 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:29 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:27 AM
7:22 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:23 AM
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:15 AM
7:21 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:07 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:06 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:03 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:05 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:04 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Catahoula Parish were on the road by 7:04 AM, 1 minute later than in 2009 (7:03 AM). That goes against the trend across Louisiana, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Catahoula Parish now leave 34 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 Catahoula Parish has moved 11 minutes earlier.
How does Catahoula Parish's commute time compare?
Metric
Catahoula Parish
Louisiana
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
30.3 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
06:30 AM – 06:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
13.1%
8.1%
15.0%
Walked
2.4%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Catahoula Parish is 30.3 minutes, longer than the 21.3 minutes in Louisiana.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Louisiana. 2.4% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Louisiana.
Catahoula Parish, LA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Catahoula Parish, LA is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 8,580 residents against a local median of 18,174. Where Catahoula Parish, LA breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 232% above the local median of 3.9% at 13.1%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 30.3 min against a local median of 18.4 min, 64% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 64% above the local median it puts Catahoula Parish, LA at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves sit within 4.0% of each other on work from home, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Catahoula Parish, LA, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Catahoula Parish, LA has the highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.
Is living in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 252 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,821 at a typical national wage. That's 42% more than the typical Louisiana commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Catahoula 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.
How much time do residents in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana save by working from home?
About 13.1% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Catahoula Parish would save about 101 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,128 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Which counties in Louisiana have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).