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Commuting in Winn 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 Winn Parish: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Winn Parish spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 185 hours, about 7.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 5% more time on the road than the Louisiana average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 1.0 minutes.

Winn Parish holds about 0.3% of Louisiana's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Winn Parish would save about 74 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,299 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)
Winn Parish 22.3 min 44.5 min 185 hrs/yr $5,749 373
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

Winn Parish
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Average commute time

On average, it takes 22.3 minutes to get to work in Winn Parish. That's 1% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Winn Parish

  • Car: 88.3%
  • Worked at Home: 5.0%
  • Other: 3.9%
  • Walked: 2.8%
  • 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 Winn Parish, versus 0.1% in Louisiana.

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

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Winn Parish, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Winn 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 Taxi Motorcycle Bicycle
2009 93.8% 0.8% 2.8% 2.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2010 96.3% 0.5% 2.1% 1.0% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2011 97.7% 0.2% 1.6% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2012 98.1% 0.4% 1.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2013 98.2% 0.6% 0.2% 0.8% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2014 98.0% 0.8% 0.5% 0.5% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 97.3% 1.1% 0.4% 0.9% 0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2016 96.7% 1.1% 0.6% 1.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 95.5% 0.9% 0.9% 1.2% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4%
2018 96.7% 0.7% 1.2% 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2019 95.2% 1.5% 2.0% 0.6% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2020 94.0% 2.4% 1.9% 1.0% 0.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2021 89.2% 6.2% 2.7% 1.4% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2022 88.5% 6.6% 3.5% 1.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2023 86.7% 5.7% 5.2% 2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2024 88.3% 5.0% 3.9% 2.8% 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 2013 at 98.2% and lowest in 2023 at 86.7%. Overall it fell from 93.8% in 2009 to 88.3% in 2024, down 5.5 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Winn Parish: its share of workers rose from 0.8% in 2009 to 5.0% in 2024, up 4.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

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

Working from home peaked at 6.6% in 2022 and has since fallen back to 5.0%.

Commute Start Times in Winn Parish

  • Rush-Hour DodgersThe lowest share of rush-hour departures among Louisiana's 64 counties: only 32.8% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Winn Parish?

The bars show when commuters in Winn 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
9.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
7.2%
5:30-5:59 AM
7.9%
6:00-6:29 AM
21.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
10.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
6.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
12.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
3.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
2.7%
9:00-9:59 AM
2.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
0.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
4.0%
4:00-11:59 PM
9.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Winn Parish is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 21.4% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.1% across Louisiana. Early starts are more common than in Louisiana: 24.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 18.5% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Louisiana: 32.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 48.5% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.2%) 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 Winn 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 Winn 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 Winn 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 Winn Parish Louisiana United States
2009 7:04 AM 7:23 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:21 AM 7:23 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:17 AM 7:23 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:18 AM 7:23 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:14 AM 7:23 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:11 AM 7:23 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:02 AM 7:23 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:01 AM 7:23 AM 7:38 AM
2017 6:59 AM 7:22 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:04 AM 7:22 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:11 AM 7:21 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:07 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:09 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:01 AM 7:20 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:01 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM
2024 6:41 AM 7:20 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Winn Parish were on the road by 6:41 AM, 23 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:04 AM). The shift is sharper than across Louisiana, where the typical start moved 3 minutes earlier. Commuters in Winn Parish now leave 57 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 Winn Parish has moved 30 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Winn Parish in the whole series.

How does Winn Parish's commute time compare?

Metric Winn Parish Louisiana US Average
Avg. Commute Time 22.3 min 21.3 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 5.0% 8.1% 15.0%
Walked 2.8% 1.8% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 0.9% 3.2%

The average commute time in Winn Parish is 22.3 minutes, longer than the 21.3 minutes in Louisiana.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Louisiana. 2.8% commute by walking, higher than the 1.8% in Louisiana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Winn Parish, LA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Winn Parish, LA is typical in size for this group, 13,467 residents against a local median of 14,881, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. The measure that sets Winn Parish, LA apart most is work from home: 5.0%, 37% above the local median of 3.6%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 22.3 min against a local median of 18.4 min, 21% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 21% above the local median it puts Winn Parish, LA at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 3.4% on work from home, so Winn Parish, LA sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Winn Parish, LA has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Winn Parish, LA 13,467 22.3 min #5/6 5.0% #3/6 6:41 AM #2/6
Grant Parish, LA 22,095 22.6 min 3.1% 7:00 AM
Jackson Parish, LA 14,881 18.4 min 5.4% 7:09 AM
Natchitoches Parish, LA 36,692 17.0 min 3.6% 7:25 AM
Caldwell Parish, LA 9,498 22.2 min 6.5% 6:29 AM
LaSalle Parish, LA 14,789 18.4 min 3.5% 7:10 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Winn Parish, Louisiana.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Winn Parish, Louisiana?

Commuters here spend an estimated 185 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,749 at a typical national wage. That's 5% more than the typical Louisiana commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Winn Parish, Louisiana?

Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Winn Parish, Louisiana. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Winn 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).