# Cities in Louisiana by mean travel time to work, 2024

All 33 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable. 1 cities have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `mean_travel_time_to_work`
- Unit: minutes
- Definition: Mean one-way travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16 and over who did not work from home.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/louisiana-cities

| Rank | Place | minutes |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Carencro, LA | 30.2 |
| 2 | Slidell, LA | 29.1 |
| 3 | Central, LA | 29 |
| 4 | Covington, LA | 28.3 |
| 5 | Zachary, LA | 27.7 |
| 6 | Youngsville, LA | 26.2 |
| 7 | Mandeville, LA | 25.8 |
| 8 | Gretna, LA | 25.4 |
| 9 | Kenner, LA | 25.3 |
| 10 | Abbeville, LA | 25.1 |
| 11 | Gonzales, LA | 24.9 |
| 12 | Baker, LA | 24.3 |
| 12 | Opelousas, LA | 24.3 |
| 14 | New Orleans, LA | 22.6 |
| 15 | Crowley, LA | 22.5 |
| 16 | Minden, LA | 22.3 |
| 17 | Baton Rouge, LA | 21 |
| 17 | Hammond, LA | 21 |
| 19 | Thibodaux, LA | 20.9 |
| 20 | Lafayette, LA | 20 |
| 21 | Broussard, LA | 19.8 |
| 21 | West Monroe, LA | 19.8 |
| 23 | Houma, LA | 19.7 |
| 23 | New Iberia, LA | 19.7 |
| 25 | Shreveport, LA | 18.8 |
| 26 | Monroe, LA | 18.2 |
| 27 | Bossier City, LA | 18 |
| 28 | Sulphur, LA | 17.6 |
| 29 | Alexandria, LA | 17.4 |
| 30 | Pineville, LA | 17.1 |
| 31 | Lake Charles, LA | 17 |
| 32 | Natchitoches, LA | 16.2 |
| 33 | Ruston, LA | 15.1 |