Commuting in Madison 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 Madison Parish: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Madison Parish spend about 26 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 109 hours, about 4.5 full days, spent commuting. That is 39% less time on the road than the Louisiana average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 8.2 minutes.
Madison Parish holds about 0.2% of Louisiana's population but accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Madison Parish would save about 44 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,350 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)
Madison Parish
13.1 min
26.1 min
109 hrs/yr
$3,374
486
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
13.1
minutes to get to work in
Madison Parish.
That's 42% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Among the top 3 fastest counties in Louisiana
The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 3.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Madison Parish
Car:
92.6%
Worked at Home:
3.2%
Walked:
2.2%
Taxi:
1.3%unusually high
Other:
0.7%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Madison Parish, versus 0.1% in Louisiana.
Public transit is unusually rare in Madison Parish: 12.7 times less than the Louisiana average (0.1% vs 0.9%).
Taking a taxi is unusually common in Madison Parish: 6.2 times more than the Louisiana average (1.3% vs 0.2%).
Biking is essentially absent in Madison Parish, versus 0.3% in Louisiana.
Commute Mode Trends in Madison Parish, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Madison 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
Taxi
Other
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
92.9%
2.9%
1.7%
0.7%
0.0%
0.6%
1.2%
0.1%
2010
90.7%
3.1%
2.8%
0.6%
0.6%
0.1%
1.9%
0.2%
2011
91.2%
2.0%
3.4%
0.5%
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
0.2%
2012
92.4%
1.4%
3.7%
0.4%
1.2%
0.8%
0.0%
0.2%
2013
92.0%
1.2%
3.6%
0.0%
2.1%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
92.7%
0.8%
4.0%
0.0%
1.8%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
94.0%
1.1%
3.8%
0.0%
0.9%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
92.3%
0.5%
5.3%
0.0%
1.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
93.2%
0.5%
5.2%
0.0%
1.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
92.9%
0.5%
5.4%
0.0%
0.7%
0.1%
0.4%
0.0%
2019
91.8%
1.0%
3.9%
0.0%
2.4%
0.2%
0.2%
0.7%
2020
93.9%
0.6%
2.6%
0.0%
2.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.5%
2021
95.3%
1.2%
0.9%
0.3%
1.9%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2022
94.1%
2.3%
0.3%
0.9%
1.7%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
2023
93.1%
3.0%
0.3%
0.9%
2.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.4%
2024
92.6%
3.2%
2.2%
1.3%
0.7%
0.1%
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 2021 at 95.3% and lowest in 2010 at 90.7%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 92.9% in 2009 and 92.6% in 2024. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.
Taking a taxi gained the most ground in Madison Parish: its share of workers rose from 0.7% in 2009 to 1.3% in 2024, up 0.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Riding a motorcycle lost the most ground, falling from 1.2% to 0.0% of workers (down 1.2 percentage points).
Taking a taxi overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 4th most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.
Walking peaked at 5.4% in 2018 and has since fallen back to 2.2%.
Commute Start Times in Madison Parish
🦉Night OwlThe 3rd-latest start among Louisiana's 64 counties: half of commuters are still at home at 7:35 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Madison Parish?
The bars show when commuters in Madison 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 AMMadison Parish5.7%Louisiana8.3%
5.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMadison Parish5.0%Louisiana4.7%
5.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMadison Parish3.6%Louisiana5.4%
3.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMadison Parish7.4%Louisiana10.1%
7.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMadison Parish15.1%Louisiana10.8%
15.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMadison Parish10.7%Louisiana16.1%
10.7%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMadison Parish14.4%Louisiana11.9%
14.4%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMadison Parish7.3%Louisiana9.6%
7.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMadison Parish5.7%Louisiana3.9%
5.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMadison Parish3.4%Louisiana5.0%
3.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMadison Parish3.9%Louisiana2.3%
3.9%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMadison Parish0.3%Louisiana1.0%
0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMadison Parish8.7%Louisiana5.4%
8.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMadison Parish8.6%Louisiana5.3%
8.6%
Madison ParishLouisianaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Madison Parish is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 15.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.8% across Louisiana. Early starts are less common than in Louisiana: 14.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 18.5% there. The morning rush looks much like Louisiana's: 47.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.5% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.0%) 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 Madison 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 Madison 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 Madison 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
Madison Parish
Louisiana
United States
2009
7:27 AM
7:23 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:32 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:25 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:31 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2013
8:00 AM
7:23 AM
7:39 AM
2014
8:04 AM
7:23 AM
7:39 AM
2015
8:07 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2016
8:08 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2017
8:05 AM
7:22 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:47 AM
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:38 AM
7:21 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:29 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:35 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:37 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:37 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:35 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Madison Parish were on the road by 7:35 AM, 8 minutes later than in 2009 (7:27 AM). That goes against the trend across Louisiana, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Madison Parish now leave 3 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 Madison Parish has moved 3 minutes earlier.
How does Madison Parish's commute time compare?
Metric
Madison Parish
Louisiana
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
13.1 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
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
3.2%
8.1%
15.0%
Walked
2.2%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Madison Parish is 13.1 minutes, shorter than the 21.3 minutes in Louisiana.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Louisiana. 2.2% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Louisiana.
Madison Parish, LA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Madison Parish, LA is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 9,514 residents against a local median of 7,072. The measure that sets Madison Parish, LA apart most is one-way commute: 13.1 min, 29% below the local median of 18.4 min. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 9.1 min on one-way commute, so Madison Parish, LA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Madison Parish, LA has the 2nd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Madison Parish, Louisiana.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Madison Parish, Louisiana?
Commuters here spend an estimated 109 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $3,374 at a typical national wage. That's 39% less than the typical Louisiana commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Madison Parish, Louisiana?
Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Madison 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.
Do people use public transit in Madison Parish, Louisiana?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% 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).