Marrero Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Marrero, 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 Marrero: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Marrero spend about 40 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 168 hours, about 7.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 5% less time on the road than the Louisiana average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 1.1 minutes.

Marrero holds about 0.6% of Louisiana's population and accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Marrero would save about 67 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,081 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)
Marrero	20.1 min	40.3 min	168 hrs/yr	$5,204	3,297
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.

Marrero Commute Map

On average, it takes 20.1 minutes to get to work in Marrero. That's 10% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 6.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Marrero

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

Biking is essentially absent in Marrero, versus 0.3% in Louisiana.

Commute Mode Trends in Marrero, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Marrero 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	93.9%	1.4%	1.2%	1.0%	2.0%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2010	95.0%	1.1%	0.4%	1.0%	1.8%	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
2011	94.2%	0.8%	0.9%	1.5%	2.1%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2012	93.9%	0.6%	1.1%	1.8%	2.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
2013	93.7%	0.4%	2.0%	2.1%	1.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%
2014	93.9%	0.5%	2.2%	1.6%	1.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	93.2%	0.5%	2.5%	2.0%	1.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%
2016	93.3%	0.8%	1.9%	2.6%	1.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%
2017	93.1%	0.9%	2.1%	2.5%	1.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%
2018	94.7%	1.4%	0.9%	1.9%	1.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%
2019	94.1%	1.6%	0.7%	2.0%	1.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
2020	94.6%	2.2%	0.6%	1.2%	1.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	93.7%	3.9%	0.7%	0.5%	1.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2022	92.8%	4.9%	0.6%	0.8%	0.8%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	92.8%	4.6%	0.3%	1.2%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	88.9%	6.4%	2.0%	1.6%	0.8%	0.3%	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 2010 at 95.0%. Overall it fell from 93.9% in 2009 to 88.9% in 2024, down 5.0 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Marrero: its share of workers rose from 1.4% in 2009 to 6.4% in 2024, up 5.0 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 0.8% of workers (down 1.2 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.

Public transit peaked at 2.6% in 2016 and has since fallen back to 1.6%.

Commute Start Times in Marrero

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Marrero?

The bars show when commuters in Marrero 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		5.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		7.5%
5:30-5:59 AM		7.6%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.6%
6:30-6:59 AM		8.4%
7:00-7:29 AM		16.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.0%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.4%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		3.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.5%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.3%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.2%

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

The busiest time to head out in Marrero is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.7% 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 spread out than in Louisiana: 44.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.5% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.6%) 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 Marrero, 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 Marrero 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 Marrero 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	Marrero	Louisiana	United States
2009	7:19 AM	7:23 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:23 AM	7:23 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:29 AM	7:23 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:30 AM	7:23 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:30 AM	7:23 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:27 AM	7:23 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:25 AM	7:23 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:23 AM	7:23 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:20 AM	7:22 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:19 AM	7:22 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:20 AM	7:21 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:18 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:18 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:16 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:19 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:20 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Marrero were on the road by 7:20 AM, 1 minute later than in 2009 (7:19 AM). That goes against the trend across Louisiana, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Marrero now leave 18 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Marrero's commute time compare?

Metric	Marrero	Louisiana	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	20.1 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	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	6.4%	8.1%	15.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.6%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Marrero is 20.1 minutes, shorter than the 21.3 minutes in Louisiana.

1.6% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.9% in Louisiana. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Louisiana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Marrero, LA Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Marrero, LA compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Marrero, LA	27,394	20.1 min #1/2	6.4% #1/2	7:20 AM #1/2
Harvey, LA	21,190	23.4 min	4.7%	7:30 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Marrero, Louisiana.

Is commuting expensive in Marrero, Louisiana?

Commuters here spend an estimated 168 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,204 at a typical national wage. That's 5% less than the typical Louisiana commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Marrero, Louisiana. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.