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St. James Parish Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in St. James Parish: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in St. James Parish spend about 51 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 214 hours, about 8.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 21% more time on the road than the Louisiana average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 4.4 minutes.

St. James 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 St. James Parish would save about 86 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,657 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. James Parish 25.7 min 51.4 min 214 hrs/yr $6,643 1,167
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
  1. East Carroll Parish (11.4 min)
  2. Madison Parish (13.1 min)
  3. St. Mary Parish (15.5 min)
Slowest commutes among counties in Louisiana
  1. West Feliciana Parish (32.8 min)
  2. East Feliciana Parish (32.8 min)
  3. St. Helena Parish (32.4 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

St. James Parish
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 25.7 minutes to get to work in St. James Parish. That's 15% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 79% of counties in Louisiana

The most common departure window is 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in St. James Parish

  • Car: 92.5%
  • Worked at Home: 5.4%
  • Walked: 1.5%
  • Other: 0.6%
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Public transit is essentially absent in St. James Parish, versus 0.9% in Louisiana.

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

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

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

This chart shows how workers in St. James 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 Other Public Transportation Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 93.6% 1.3% 2.0% 1.5% 1.3% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0%
2010 94.5% 1.0% 1.7% 1.1% 1.4% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2011 94.6% 0.9% 1.7% 0.9% 1.7% 0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
2012 96.1% 0.7% 1.3% 0.6% 1.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2%
2013 95.9% 0.8% 1.3% 0.9% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2014 96.4% 0.7% 1.6% 0.7% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2015 96.1% 1.2% 1.3% 0.8% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2016 94.9% 1.6% 1.4% 1.6% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2017 94.6% 1.2% 1.9% 1.9% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2018 93.1% 2.1% 1.8% 1.8% 0.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2019 92.4% 2.2% 1.8% 1.9% 1.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
2020 91.8% 2.9% 1.6% 2.2% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2021 92.3% 3.4% 2.4% 0.8% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2022 91.3% 5.5% 1.7% 0.7% 0.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2023 91.0% 6.3% 1.3% 1.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 92.5% 5.4% 1.5% 0.6% 0.0% 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 2014 at 96.4% and lowest in 2023 at 91.0%. Overall it fell from 93.6% in 2009 to 92.5% in 2024, down 1.1 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in St. James Parish: its share of workers rose from 1.3% in 2009 to 5.4% in 2024, up 4.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.3% to 0.0% of workers (down 1.3 percentage points).

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

Commute Start Times in St. James Parish

  • Hitting SnoozeThe biggest shift to later mornings among Louisiana's 64 counties: the typical start is 26 minutes later than in 2009.
  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe 3rd-lowest share of rush-hour departures among Louisiana's 64 counties: only 34.7% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

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

The bars show when commuters in St. James 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
17.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
6.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
8.7%
6:00-6:29 AM
11.8%
6:30-6:59 AM
8.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
13.3%
7:30-7:59 AM
6.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
6.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM
5.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
7.7%

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

The busiest time to head out in St. James Parish is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 17.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.3% across Louisiana. Early starts are more common than in Louisiana: 32.2% 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 5 commuters (18.8%) 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. James 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. James 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. James 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. James Parish Louisiana United States
2009 6:25 AM 7:23 AM 7:37 AM
2010 6:34 AM 7:23 AM 7:38 AM
2011 6:31 AM 7:23 AM 7:38 AM
2012 6:37 AM 7:23 AM 7:38 AM
2013 6:43 AM 7:23 AM 7:39 AM
2014 6:49 AM 7:23 AM 7:39 AM
2015 6:46 AM 7:23 AM 7:38 AM
2016 6:39 AM 7:23 AM 7:38 AM
2017 6:35 AM 7:22 AM 7:38 AM
2018 6:29 AM 7:22 AM 7:37 AM
2019 6:35 AM 7:21 AM 7:37 AM
2020 6:37 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2021 6:35 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2022 6:46 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2023 6:54 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2024 6:51 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in St. James Parish were on the road by 6:51 AM, 26 minutes later than in 2009 (6:25 AM). That goes against the trend across Louisiana, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in St. James Parish now leave 47 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. James Parish has moved 16 minutes later.

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

Metric St. James Parish Louisiana US Average
Avg. Commute Time 25.7 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 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 5.4% 8.1% 15.0%
Walked 1.5% 1.8% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.9% 3.2%

The average commute time in St. James Parish is 25.7 minutes, longer than the 21.3 minutes in Louisiana.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Louisiana. 1.5% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Louisiana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

St. James Parish, LA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

St. James Parish, LA is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 19,390 residents against a local median of 51,396. Where St. James Parish, LA breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 24% below the local median of 7.2% at 5.4%.

The counties themselves spread 4.5% on work from home, so St. James Parish, LA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. St. James Parish, LA has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
St. James Parish, LA 19,390 25.7 min #2/6 5.4% #5/6 6:51 AM #2/6
Ascension Parish, LA 130,307 28.1 min 8.9% 7:05 AM
Assumption Parish, LA 20,480 27.2 min 4.3% 6:32 AM
St. John the Baptist Parish, LA 40,683 30.1 min 6.4% 7:03 AM
Livingston Parish, LA 148,115 31.9 min 7.2% 6:53 AM
St. Charles Parish, LA 51,396 23.3 min 7.7% 7:08 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

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

How much does the average commute cost workers in St. James Parish, Louisiana?

Commuters here spend an estimated 214 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,643 at a typical national wage. That's 21% more than the typical Louisiana commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in St. James Parish, Louisiana?

Traffic peaks between 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM in St. James 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.

Do people use public transit in St. James Parish, Louisiana?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% 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).