St. Helena Parish Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in St. Helena 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. Helena Parish: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in St. Helena Parish spend about 65 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 270 hours, about 11.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 53% more time on the road than the Louisiana average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 11.2 minutes.

St. Helena Parish holds about 0.2% of Louisiana's population but accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in St. Helena Parish would save about 108 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,352 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. Helena Parish	32.4 min	64.9 min	270 hrs/yr	$8,380	730
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

East Carroll Parish (11.4 min)
Madison Parish (13.1 min)
St. Mary Parish (15.5 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Louisiana

Compare commute times among different counties

St. Helena Parish

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 32.4 minutes to get to work in St. Helena Parish. That's 45% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 3 slowest counties in Louisiana

The most common departure window is 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM, followed by 05:00 AM – 05:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by public transit. About 2.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in St. Helena Parish

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

Public transit is unusually common in St. Helena Parish: 4.4 times more than the Louisiana average (3.8% vs 0.9%).

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

Working from home is unusually rare in St. Helena Parish: 4.1 times less than the Louisiana average (2.0% vs 8.1%).

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

Commute Mode Trends in St. Helena Parish, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in St. Helena 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	Public Transportation	Other	Walked	Worked at Home	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	95.1%	0.0%	0.6%	1.7%	2.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	93.5%	0.0%	0.6%	1.4%	4.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	91.3%	0.0%	3.8%	1.2%	3.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	91.4%	0.1%	3.8%	1.2%	3.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	93.0%	1.0%	2.5%	0.2%	3.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	94.1%	0.7%	2.7%	0.7%	1.6%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2015	95.2%	0.7%	3.2%	0.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2016	94.3%	0.8%	1.6%	1.0%	2.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2017	90.8%	0.5%	0.8%	1.6%	6.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2018	88.0%	0.2%	0.9%	2.4%	8.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2019	88.1%	0.0%	1.0%	2.3%	8.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2020	86.4%	0.0%	1.8%	2.5%	9.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2021	90.8%	0.0%	1.2%	2.0%	5.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2022	88.6%	2.3%	4.1%	2.6%	2.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2023	88.4%	2.5%	4.2%	3.0%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2024	88.0%	3.8%	3.7%	2.5%	2.0%	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 was highest in 2015 at 95.2% and lowest in 2020 at 86.4%. Overall it fell from 95.1% in 2009 to 88.0% in 2024, down 7.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Public transit gained the most ground in St. Helena Parish: its share of workers rose from 0.0% in 2009 to 3.8% in 2024, up 3.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.8 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Working from home lost the most ground, falling from 2.6% to 2.0% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).

Public transit overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2024 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in St. Helena Parish

Dawn PatrolThe 2nd-highest share of pre-6 AM departures among Louisiana's 64 counties: 40.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM.
Earlier AlarmsThe 3rd-biggest shift to earlier mornings among Louisiana's 64 counties: the typical start is 25 minutes earlier than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in St. Helena Parish?

The bars show when commuters in St. Helena 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		19.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		13.9%
5:30-5:59 AM		7.1%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.2%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		8.4%
7:30-7:59 AM		6.5%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.7%
8:30-8:59 AM		1.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		0.5%
10:00-10:59 AM		6.0%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.0%
4:00-11:59 PM		1.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in St. Helena Parish is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 19.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.3% across Louisiana. Early starts are more common than in Louisiana: 40.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 18.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Louisiana: 34.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.5% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (14.9%) 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 St. Helena 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. Helena 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. Helena 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. Helena Parish	Louisiana	United States
2009	6:58 AM	7:23 AM	7:37 AM
2010	6:35 AM	7:23 AM	7:38 AM
2011	6:29 AM	7:23 AM	7:38 AM
2012	6:23 AM	7:23 AM	7:38 AM
2013	6:27 AM	7:23 AM	7:39 AM
2014	6:22 AM	7:23 AM	7:39 AM
2015	6:30 AM	7:23 AM	7:38 AM
2016	6:40 AM	7:23 AM	7:38 AM
2017	6:38 AM	7:22 AM	7:38 AM
2018	6:40 AM	7:22 AM	7:37 AM
2019	6:30 AM	7:21 AM	7:37 AM
2020	6:41 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2021	6:36 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2022	6:48 AM	7:20 AM	7:37 AM
2023	6:45 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM
2024	6:33 AM	7:20 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in St. Helena Parish were on the road by 6:33 AM, 25 minutes earlier than in 2009 (6:58 AM). The shift is sharper than across Louisiana, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in St. Helena Parish now leave 65 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 St. Helena Parish has moved 3 minutes later.

How does St. Helena Parish's commute time compare?

Metric	St. Helena Parish	Louisiana	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	32.4 min	21.3 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	12:00 AM – 04:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	05:00 AM – 05:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	2.0%	8.1%	15.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.8%	2.4%
Public Transit	3.8%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in St. Helena Parish is 32.4 minutes, longer than the 21.3 minutes in Louisiana.

3.8% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.9% in Louisiana. 2.5% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Louisiana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

St. Helena Parish, LA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

St. Helena Parish, LA is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 10,858 residents against a local median of 39,602. St. Helena Parish, LA's work from home, at 2.0%, runs 72% below the 7.2% typical of the counties around it.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 32.4 min against a local median of 27.9 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 St. Helena Parish, LA at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 3.9% on work from home, so St. Helena Parish, LA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. St. Helena 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
St. Helena Parish, LA	10,858	32.4 min #5/6	2.0% #6/6	6:33 AM #1/6
East Feliciana Parish, LA	19,263	32.8 min	7.3%	6:47 AM
Tangipahoa Parish, LA	136,737	22.9 min	7.2%	7:14 AM
Amite County, MS	12,565	27.9 min	6.9%	7:09 AM
Livingston Parish, LA	148,115	31.9 min	7.2%	6:53 AM
Pike County, MS	39,602	17.2 min	3.5%	7:10 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana.

Is living in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 270 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,380 at a typical national wage. That's 53% more than the typical Louisiana commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana?

Traffic peaks between 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 05:00 AM – 05:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana?

Public transit usage is notably higher here than typical: about 3.8% of commuters use it versus 0.9% in Louisiana, making it a realistic option for many workers.

How do commute times compare across 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).