Commuting in Pointe Coupee 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 Pointe Coupee Parish: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Pointe Coupee Parish spend about 50 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 210 hours, about 8.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 18% more time on the road than the Louisiana average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 3.9 minutes.
Pointe Coupee Parish holds about 0.4% of Louisiana's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Pointe Coupee Parish would save about 84 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,600 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)
Pointe Coupee Parish
25.2 min
50.3 min
210 hrs/yr
$6,500
685
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
25.2
minutes to get to work in
Pointe Coupee Parish.
That's 12% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 76% of counties in Louisiana
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 3.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Pointe Coupee Parish
Car:
91.8%
Worked at Home:
3.3%
Other:
2.6%
Walked:
1.8%
Public Transportation:
0.2%unusually low
Bicycle:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Pointe Coupee Parish: 3.9 times less than the Louisiana average (0.2% vs 0.9%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Pointe Coupee Parish, versus 0.2% in Louisiana.
Commute Mode Trends in Pointe Coupee Parish, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Pointe Coupee 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
Bicycle
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
94.2%
3.0%
1.2%
1.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2010
93.1%
4.0%
0.9%
1.5%
0.1%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2011
91.2%
4.0%
2.1%
1.6%
0.4%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
92.7%
3.7%
1.5%
1.2%
0.4%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
91.8%
4.4%
1.1%
1.8%
0.4%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
92.3%
3.7%
1.4%
1.5%
0.5%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
93.1%
2.7%
2.3%
1.4%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
92.0%
2.8%
2.9%
1.6%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
89.3%
2.7%
4.4%
2.7%
0.9%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
89.1%
2.2%
5.2%
2.7%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
89.9%
1.6%
5.5%
2.3%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
90.6%
1.3%
4.1%
3.0%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
90.6%
1.3%
4.4%
2.8%
0.7%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
94.3%
1.4%
3.4%
0.7%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
92.5%
2.8%
2.9%
1.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
91.8%
3.3%
2.6%
1.8%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2022 at 94.3% and lowest in 2018 at 89.1%. Overall it fell from 94.2% in 2009 to 91.8% in 2024, down 2.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.
Walking gained the most ground in Pointe Coupee Parish: its share of workers rose from 1.3% in 2009 to 1.8% in 2024, up 0.5 percentage points.
Walking peaked at 3.0% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 1.8%.
Commute Start Times in Pointe Coupee Parish
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Pointe Coupee Parish?
The bars show when commuters in Pointe Coupee 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.
Pointe Coupee ParishLouisianaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Pointe Coupee Parish is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 16.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.1% across Louisiana. Early starts are more common than in Louisiana: 20.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 18.5% there. The morning rush looks much like Louisiana's: 47.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.5% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (13.4%) 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 Pointe Coupee 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 Pointe Coupee 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 Pointe Coupee 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
Pointe Coupee Parish
Louisiana
United States
2009
7:06 AM
7:23 AM
7:37 AM
2010
6:58 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2011
6:55 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2012
6:50 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2013
6:51 AM
7:23 AM
7:39 AM
2014
6:54 AM
7:23 AM
7:39 AM
2015
6:51 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2016
6:48 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2017
6:53 AM
7:22 AM
7:38 AM
2018
6:51 AM
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
2019
6:46 AM
7:21 AM
7:37 AM
2020
6:45 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2021
6:49 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2022
6:44 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2023
6:43 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:02 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Pointe Coupee Parish were on the road by 7:02 AM, 4 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:06 AM). Louisiana followed the same path, with the typical start moving 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Pointe Coupee Parish now leave 36 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 Pointe Coupee Parish has moved 15 minutes later.
How does Pointe Coupee Parish's commute time compare?
Metric
Pointe Coupee Parish
Louisiana
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
25.2 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
3.3%
8.1%
15.0%
Walked
1.8%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Pointe Coupee Parish is 25.2 minutes, longer than the 21.3 minutes in Louisiana.
0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Louisiana. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as Louisiana.
Pointe Coupee Parish, LA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Pointe Coupee Parish, LA is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 20,218 residents against a local median of 29,819. The measure that sets Pointe Coupee Parish, LA apart most is work from home: 3.3%, 55% below the local median of 7.3%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 25.2 min against a local median of 21.7 min, 16% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 16% above the local median it puts Pointe Coupee Parish, LA at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 4.2% on work from home, so Pointe Coupee Parish, LA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Pointe Coupee Parish, LA has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana?
Commuters here spend an estimated 210 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,500 at a typical national wage. That's 18% more than the typical Louisiana commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana?
Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Pointe Coupee 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 Pointe Coupee 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).