Commuting in St. Charles 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 St. Charles Parish: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in St. Charles Parish spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 194 hours, about 8.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 10% more time on the road than the Louisiana average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 2.0 minutes.
St. Charles Parish holds about 1.1% of Louisiana's population but accounts for roughly 1.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in St. Charles Parish would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,408 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)
St. Charles Parish
23.3 min
46.6 min
194 hrs/yr
$6,021
3,178
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
23.3
minutes to get to work in
St. Charles Parish.
That's 4% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
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 7.7% work from home.
How People Get to Work in St. Charles Parish
Car:
88.6%
Worked at Home:
7.7%
Other:
1.4%
Bicycle:
0.8%
Walked:
0.7%
Public Transportation:
0.5%
Motorcycle:
0.3%unusually high
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Riding a motorcycle is unusually common in St. Charles Parish: 3.8 times more than the Louisiana average (0.3% vs 0.1%).
Commute Mode Trends in St. Charles Parish, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in St. Charles 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
Bicycle
Walked
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
95.6%
2.0%
0.7%
0.4%
0.8%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2010
96.1%
1.3%
0.6%
0.4%
1.0%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
2011
96.3%
1.5%
0.8%
0.2%
0.8%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
2012
95.9%
1.7%
1.0%
0.3%
0.6%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
2013
96.5%
1.7%
0.9%
0.1%
0.5%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2014
95.5%
1.8%
1.4%
0.1%
0.9%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2015
95.4%
2.0%
1.4%
0.4%
0.7%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2016
95.1%
2.4%
1.3%
0.3%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
94.7%
2.7%
1.2%
0.4%
0.9%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2018
94.0%
3.1%
1.2%
0.4%
1.0%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2019
95.1%
3.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2020
93.3%
4.7%
0.3%
0.6%
0.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2021
92.4%
5.3%
0.7%
0.6%
0.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
2022
91.6%
6.3%
0.7%
0.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
2023
89.5%
7.7%
1.3%
0.6%
0.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
2024
88.6%
7.7%
1.4%
0.8%
0.7%
0.5%
0.3%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2013 at 96.5%. Overall it fell from 95.6% in 2009 to 88.6% in 2024, down 7.0 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in St. Charles Parish: its share of workers rose from 2.0% in 2009 to 7.7% in 2024, up 5.7 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Commute Start Times in St. Charles Parish
What Time Do People Leave for Work in St. Charles Parish?
The bars show when commuters in St. Charles 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 AMSt. Charles Parish11.2%Louisiana8.3%
11.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMSt. Charles Parish5.8%Louisiana4.7%
5.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMSt. Charles Parish7.4%Louisiana5.4%
7.4%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMSt. Charles Parish9.3%Louisiana10.1%
9.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMSt. Charles Parish12.1%Louisiana10.8%
12.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMSt. Charles Parish15.6%Louisiana16.1%
15.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMSt. Charles Parish8.0%Louisiana11.9%
8.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMSt. Charles Parish10.4%Louisiana9.6%
10.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMSt. Charles Parish4.6%Louisiana3.9%
4.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMSt. Charles Parish3.8%Louisiana5.0%
3.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMSt. Charles Parish1.7%Louisiana2.3%
1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMSt. Charles Parish0.8%Louisiana1.0%
0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMSt. Charles Parish5.1%Louisiana5.4%
5.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMSt. Charles Parish4.3%Louisiana5.3%
4.3%
St. Charles ParishLouisianaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in St. Charles Parish is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.1% across Louisiana. Early starts are more common than in Louisiana: 24.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 18.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Louisiana: 46.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.5% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (15.7%) 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 St. Charles 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 St. Charles 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 St. Charles 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
St. Charles Parish
Louisiana
United States
2009
7:05 AM
7:23 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:04 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:05 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:05 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:02 AM
7:23 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:06 AM
7:23 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:07 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:08 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:07 AM
7:22 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:09 AM
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:07 AM
7:21 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:07 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:08 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:06 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:08 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:08 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in St. Charles Parish were on the road by 7:08 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:05 AM). That goes against the trend across Louisiana, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in St. Charles Parish now leave 30 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does St. Charles Parish's commute time compare?
Metric
St. Charles Parish
Louisiana
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
23.3 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
7.7%
8.1%
15.0%
Walked
0.7%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.5%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in St. Charles Parish is 23.3 minutes, longer than the 21.3 minutes in Louisiana.
0.5% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Louisiana. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Louisiana.
St. Charles Parish, LA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
St. Charles Parish, LA is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 51,396 residents against a local median of 96,166. The measure that sets St. Charles Parish, LA apart most is work from home: 7.7%, 20% above the local median of 6.4%.
The counties themselves spread 10.1% on work from home, so St. Charles Parish, LA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. St. Charles Parish, LA has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.
How much does the average commute cost workers in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana?
Commuters here spend an estimated 194 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,021 at a typical national wage. That's 10% more than the typical Louisiana commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in St. Charles 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.
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).