Commuting in Tensas 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 Tensas Parish: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Tensas Parish spend about 41 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 171 hours, about 7.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 3% less time on the road than the Louisiana average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 0.7 minutes.
Tensas Parish holds about 0.1% of Louisiana's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Tensas Parish would save about 68 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,121 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)
Tensas Parish
20.5 min
41.0 min
171 hrs/yr
$5,302
215
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
20.5
minutes to get to work in
Tensas Parish.
That's 8% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:30 AM – 08:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 3.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Tensas Parish
Car:
91.6%
Worked at Home:
3.5%
Other:
3.2%
Walked:
1.1%
Public Transportation:
0.3%
Bicycle:
0.3%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Tensas Parish, versus 0.1% in Louisiana.
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Tensas Parish, versus 0.2% in Louisiana.
Commute Mode Trends in Tensas Parish, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Tensas 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
Taxi
Motorcycle
2009
92.2%
2.1%
1.6%
3.4%
0.0%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2010
94.9%
2.0%
0.9%
1.9%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2011
94.5%
1.2%
1.1%
3.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
93.6%
1.6%
1.5%
3.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
93.2%
2.0%
1.7%
2.9%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
93.9%
1.6%
1.7%
2.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
92.1%
1.7%
1.8%
3.7%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
93.5%
2.1%
1.5%
2.4%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
93.3%
1.6%
1.9%
2.1%
0.5%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
92.7%
1.6%
1.9%
2.6%
0.5%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
93.0%
1.6%
1.5%
2.7%
0.4%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
92.9%
1.2%
1.6%
2.6%
0.0%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
96.0%
0.9%
1.2%
1.3%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
95.6%
1.8%
1.4%
1.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
93.6%
2.1%
2.9%
0.8%
0.3%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
91.6%
3.5%
3.2%
1.1%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2021 at 96.0%. Overall it fell from 92.2% in 2009 to 91.6% in 2024, down 0.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Tensas Parish: its share of workers rose from 2.1% in 2009 to 3.5% in 2024, up 1.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.4% to 1.1% of workers (down 2.3 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.
Biking peaked at 1.7% in 2020 and has since fallen back to 0.3%.
Commute Start Times in Tensas Parish
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Tensas Parish?
The bars show when commuters in Tensas 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 AMTensas Parish10.2%Louisiana8.3%
10.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMTensas Parish3.1%Louisiana4.7%
3.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMTensas Parish5.6%Louisiana5.4%
5.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMTensas Parish5.3%Louisiana10.1%
5.3%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMTensas Parish5.8%Louisiana10.8%
5.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMTensas Parish21.5%Louisiana16.1%
21.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMTensas Parish13.2%Louisiana11.9%
13.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMTensas Parish7.8%Louisiana9.6%
7.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMTensas Parish13.5%Louisiana3.9%
13.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMTensas Parish3.8%Louisiana5.0%
3.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMTensas Parish0.0%Louisiana2.3%
0.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMTensas Parish0.5%Louisiana1.0%
0.5%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMTensas Parish4.2%Louisiana5.4%
4.2%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMTensas Parish5.4%Louisiana5.3%
5.4%
Tensas ParishLouisianaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Tensas Parish is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 21.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 16.1% across Louisiana. Early starts are about as common as in Louisiana: 18.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 18.5% there. The morning rush looks much like Louisiana's: 48.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.5% there. About 1 in 7 commuters (13.9%) 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 Tensas 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 Tensas 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 Tensas 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
Tensas Parish
Louisiana
United States
2009
7:23 AM
7:23 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:28 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:29 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:30 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:43 AM
7:23 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:56 AM
7:23 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:53 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:53 AM
7:23 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:51 AM
7:22 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:42 AM
7:22 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:27 AM
7:21 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:18 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:23 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:22 AM
7:20 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:26 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:28 AM
7:20 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Tensas Parish were on the road by 7:28 AM, 5 minutes later than in 2009 (7:23 AM). That goes against the trend across Louisiana, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Tensas Parish now leave 10 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does Tensas Parish's commute time compare?
Metric
Tensas Parish
Louisiana
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
20.5 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
08:30 AM – 08:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
3.5%
8.1%
15.0%
Walked
1.1%
1.8%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.3%
0.9%
3.2%
The average commute time in Tensas Parish is about the same as in Louisiana.
0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Louisiana. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 1.8% in Louisiana.
Tensas Parish, LA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Tensas Parish, LA is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 3,935 residents against a local median of 9,514. Tensas Parish, LA sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.
The largest of those small differences is work from home, 10% above the local median at 3.5% against 3.2%. Tensas Parish, LA has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Tensas Parish, Louisiana.
Is living in Tensas Parish, Louisiana good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 171 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,302 at a typical national wage. That's 3% less than the typical Louisiana commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Tensas Parish, Louisiana?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Tensas Parish, Louisiana. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:30 AM – 08:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Which counties in Louisiana have the fastest and slowest commutes?
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).