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Claiborne Parish Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Claiborne 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 Claiborne Parish: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Claiborne Parish spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 191 hours, about 8.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 8% more time on the road than the Louisiana average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 1.7 minutes.

Claiborne Parish holds about 0.3% of Louisiana's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Claiborne Parish would save about 77 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,373 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)
Claiborne Parish 23.0 min 45.9 min 191 hrs/yr $5,932 457
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

Claiborne Parish
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 23.0 minutes to get to work in Claiborne Parish. That's 2% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 2.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Claiborne Parish

  • Car: 95.3%
  • Worked at Home: 2.6% unusually low
  • Other: 1.4%
  • Walked: 0.6% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: 0.2% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Walking is unusually rare in Claiborne Parish: 3.2 times less than the Louisiana average (0.6% vs 1.8%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Claiborne Parish: 5.6 times less than the Louisiana average (0.2% vs 0.9%).

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

Working from home is unusually rare in Claiborne Parish: 3.1 times less than the Louisiana average (2.6% vs 8.1%).

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

Few people walk or bike to work in Claiborne Parish: just 0.6%, 3.8 times below the Louisiana average of 2.2%.

Commute Mode Trends in Claiborne Parish, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Claiborne 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 91.9% 3.5% 2.8% 1.6% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 92.5% 2.6% 3.3% 1.6% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 93.5% 1.9% 3.2% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 93.5% 2.2% 2.9% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 94.0% 0.8% 1.2% 3.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 94.3% 1.3% 1.3% 3.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 94.5% 1.5% 0.5% 3.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 95.1% 1.5% 0.4% 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 93.9% 2.0% 0.3% 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 95.5% 2.7% 0.3% 1.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2019 94.4% 3.0% 0.7% 2.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2020 95.0% 2.9% 0.5% 1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2021 94.1% 3.0% 0.6% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2022 93.7% 3.0% 1.4% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 95.2% 2.2% 1.4% 1.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 95.3% 2.6% 1.4% 0.6% 0.2% 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 2018 at 95.5%. Overall it rose from 91.9% in 2009 to 95.3% in 2024, up 3.4 percentage points. It has risen in each of the last 2 releases.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.6% to 0.6% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Claiborne Parish

  • Sleeping InThe 2nd-highest share of 9 AM-or-later starts among Louisiana's 64 counties: 25.9% of commuters leave at 9 AM or later.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Claiborne Parish?

The bars show when commuters in Claiborne 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
7.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
4.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
1.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
8.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
19.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
14.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
6.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
10.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
1.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
10.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
3.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
2.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
6.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
3.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in Claiborne Parish is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 19.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.8% across Louisiana. Early starts are less common than in Louisiana: 12.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 18.5% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Louisiana: 50.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.9%) 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 Claiborne 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 Claiborne 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 Claiborne 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 Claiborne Parish Louisiana United States
2009 7:07 AM 7:23 AM 7:37 AM
2010 6:59 AM 7:23 AM 7:38 AM
2011 6:59 AM 7:23 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:08 AM 7:23 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:07 AM 7:23 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:01 AM 7:23 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:09 AM 7:23 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:12 AM 7:23 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:12 AM 7:22 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:15 AM 7:22 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:19 AM 7:21 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:14 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:14 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:21 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:22 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:18 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Claiborne Parish were on the road by 7:18 AM, 11 minutes later than in 2009 (7:07 AM). That goes against the trend across Louisiana, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Claiborne Parish now leave 20 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Claiborne Parish's commute time compare?

Metric Claiborne Parish Louisiana US Average
Avg. Commute Time 23.0 min 21.3 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 06:30 AM – 06:59 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 2.6% 8.1% 15.0%
Walked 0.6% 1.8% 2.4%
Public Transit 0.2% 0.9% 3.2%

The average commute time in Claiborne Parish is 23.0 minutes, longer than the 21.3 minutes in Louisiana.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Louisiana. 0.6% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Louisiana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Claiborne Parish, LA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Claiborne Parish, LA is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 13,828 residents against a local median of 35,820. The measure that sets Claiborne Parish, LA apart most is work from home: 2.6%, 61% below the local median of 6.9%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 23.0 min against a local median of 16.9 min, 36% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 36% above the local median it puts Claiborne Parish, LA at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 6.1% on work from home, so Claiborne Parish, LA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Claiborne Parish, LA has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Claiborne Parish, LA 13,828 23.0 min #5/6 2.6% #6/6 7:18 AM #3/6
Webster Parish, LA 35,820 20.3 min 6.2% 7:23 AM
Lincoln Parish, LA 48,172 15.7 min 11.5% 7:33 AM
Columbia County, AR 22,349 16.4 min 5.4% 7:32 AM
Bienville Parish, LA 12,636 25.3 min 6.9% 7:14 AM
Union County, AR 37,897 16.9 min 6.9% 7:12 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.

Is commuting expensive in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana?

Commuters here spend an estimated 191 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,932 at a typical national wage. That's 8% more than the typical Louisiana commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana?

Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Claiborne 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.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% 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).