Commuting in St. Landry 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. Landry Parish: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in St. Landry Parish spend about 44 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 184 hours, about 7.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 4% more time on the road than the Louisiana average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 0.8 minutes.
St. Landry Parish holds about 1.8% of Louisiana's population and accounts for roughly 1.8% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in St. Landry Parish would save about 74 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,283 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. Landry Parish
22.1 min
44.2 min
184 hrs/yr
$5,707
1,070
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
22.1
minutes to get to work in
St. Landry Parish.
That's 1% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in St. Landry Parish
Car:
89.0%
Worked at Home:
7.3%
Walked:
1.7%
Other:
1.3%
Public Transportation:
0.4%
Bicycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Commute Mode Trends in St. Landry Parish, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in St. Landry 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
Bicycle
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
93.2%
3.2%
1.8%
1.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
2010
94.0%
2.5%
1.6%
1.2%
0.0%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
2011
93.7%
2.4%
1.9%
1.2%
0.1%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
2012
93.8%
2.5%
2.1%
1.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2013
94.8%
2.2%
1.7%
0.8%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2014
94.7%
2.6%
1.5%
0.9%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2015
94.4%
2.8%
1.5%
0.8%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2016
94.5%
2.9%
1.6%
0.8%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
94.5%
3.3%
1.2%
0.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
94.1%
3.4%
1.3%
0.9%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
93.5%
3.2%
2.0%
1.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
92.8%
3.7%
1.9%
1.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
91.6%
4.6%
2.0%
1.4%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
90.7%
5.7%
1.9%
1.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
89.4%
5.9%
2.3%
1.6%
0.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
2024
89.0%
7.3%
1.7%
1.3%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
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 94.8%. Overall it fell from 93.2% in 2009 to 89.0% in 2024, down 4.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in St. Landry Parish: its share of workers rose from 3.2% in 2009 to 7.3% in 2024, up 4.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Commute Start Times in St. Landry Parish
What Time Do People Leave for Work in St. Landry Parish?
The bars show when commuters in St. Landry 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. Landry Parish10.9%Louisiana8.3%
10.9%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMSt. Landry Parish7.9%Louisiana4.7%
7.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMSt. Landry Parish5.3%Louisiana5.4%
5.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMSt. Landry Parish11.9%Louisiana10.1%
11.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMSt. Landry Parish10.7%Louisiana10.8%
10.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMSt. Landry Parish20.2%Louisiana16.1%
20.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMSt. Landry Parish8.3%Louisiana11.9%
8.3%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMSt. Landry Parish6.6%Louisiana9.6%
6.6%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMSt. Landry Parish1.4%Louisiana3.9%
1.4%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMSt. Landry Parish4.4%Louisiana5.0%
4.4%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMSt. Landry Parish1.6%Louisiana2.3%
1.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMSt. Landry Parish0.6%Louisiana1.0%
0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMSt. Landry Parish4.3%Louisiana5.4%
4.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMSt. Landry Parish5.8%Louisiana5.3%
5.8%
St. Landry ParishLouisianaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in St. Landry Parish is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 20.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.1% across Louisiana. Early starts are more common than in Louisiana: 24.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 18.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Louisiana: 45.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.5% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (16.8%) 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. Landry 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. Landry 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. Landry 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. Landry Parish
Louisiana
United States
2009
7:14 AM
7:23 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:13 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:09 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:08 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:09 AM
7:23 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:09 AM
7:23 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:10 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:13 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:12 AM
7:22 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:11 AM
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:12 AM
7:21 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:10 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:10 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:08 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:07 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:05 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in St. Landry Parish were on the road by 7:05 AM, 9 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:14 AM). The shift is sharper than across Louisiana, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in St. Landry Parish now leave 33 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. Landry Parish has moved 7 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for St. Landry Parish in the whole series.
How does St. Landry Parish's commute time compare?
Metric
St. Landry Parish
Louisiana
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
22.1 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
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
7.3%
8.1%
15.0%
Walked
1.7%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in St. Landry Parish is 22.1 minutes, longer than the 21.3 minutes in Louisiana.
0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Louisiana. 1.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Louisiana.
St. Landry Parish, LA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
St. Landry Parish, LA is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 81,670 residents against a local median of 38,905. St. Landry Parish, LA's work from home, at 7.3%, runs 33% above the 5.5% typical of the counties around it.
The counties themselves spread 7.2% on work from home, so St. Landry Parish, LA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. St. Landry Parish, LA has the 2nd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
How much does the average commute cost workers in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana?
Commuters here spend an estimated 184 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,707 at a typical national wage. That's 4% more than the typical Louisiana commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
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).