Counties in Louisiana by mean travel time to work

Name: Counties in Louisiana by mean travel time to work, 2023
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)

St. Helena Parish had the highest mean travel time to work of 63 counties in 2023, at 37.2 minutes. Madison Parish had the lowest, at 17.6 minutes. The median was 27.6 minutes and the figure for Louisiana was 25.8 minutes. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest37.2St. Helena Parish

Lowest17.6Madison Parish

Median27.663 counties

Louisiana25.8History

Top 40 counties, 2023

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minutes. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2023 minutes	Change on 2022
1	St. Helena Parish Estimated	37.2	+2.1
2	Avoyelles Parish Estimated	36.4	+1.3
3	Sabine Parish Estimated	35.9	+2.6
4	East Feliciana Parish Estimated	35.6	+1.9
5	Cameron Parish Estimated	35.5	+1.8
6	LaSalle Parish Estimated	35.3	+0.2
7	Livingston Parish Estimated	34.1	-0.6
8	Evangeline Parish Estimated	33.6	+2.7
9	Jefferson Davis Parish Estimated	33.1	+1.7
10	Union Parish Estimated	33	+0.7
11	Beauregard Parish Estimated	32.7	0
12	Washington Parish Estimated	32.6	-0.2
13	West Feliciana Parish Estimated	32	-2.3
14	Winn Parish Estimated	31.5	-0.5
15	St. Tammany Parish Estimated	31.4	-0.2
16	Assumption Parish Estimated	31.1	+0.3
17	Vermilion Parish Estimated	30.3	+0.4
18	Claiborne Parish Estimated	30.2	+1.9
19	Ascension Parish Estimated	29.9	-0.7
19	St. Landry Parish Estimated	29.9	+0.1
21	Grant Parish Estimated	29.6	-2.7
22	Catahoula Parish Estimated	29.5	n/a
22	St. John the Baptist Parish Estimated	29.5	+1.1
22	Tangipahoa Parish Estimated	29.5	-0.1
25	St. Bernard Parish Estimated	29	-0.1
26	St. Martin Parish Estimated	28	-1.9
26	Webster Parish Estimated	28	-0.8
28	Bienville Parish Estimated	27.9	-1.2
28	St. James Parish Estimated	27.9	-0.8
30	Acadia Parish Estimated	27.7	-1
31	Caldwell Parish Estimated	27.6	-1.7
31	Morehouse Parish Estimated	27.6	+0.6
33	Franklin Parish Estimated	27.5	+1
33	Plaquemines Parish Estimated	27.5	-0.9
33	Tensas Parish Estimated	27.5	+0.7
36	Red River Parish Estimated	27.4	-0.8
37	De Soto Parish Estimated	27.1	+1.8
38	Pointe Coupee Parish Estimated	26.9	-1.6
39	St. Charles Parish Estimated	26.8	0
40	Lafourche Parish Estimated	26.5	-1.8
41	Richland Parish Estimated	25.7	+0.5
42	Iberia Parish Estimated	25.6	+0.1
43	West Baton Rouge Parish Estimated	25.2	-0.6
44	Allen Parish Estimated	25.1	-2.3
45	St. Mary Parish Estimated	24.7	+2.2
46	Jefferson Parish Estimated	24.3	0
46	Terrebonne Parish Estimated	24.3	-0.9
48	East Baton Rouge Parish Estimated	23.6	-0.3
48	Iberville Parish Estimated	23.6	-1.3
48	Rapides Parish Estimated	23.6	+0.2
51	Jackson Parish Estimated	23.5	-1.1
52	Vernon Parish Estimated	23.4	+0.6
53	Bossier Parish Estimated	23.1	+0.2
53	West Carroll Parish Estimated	23.1	+0.3
55	Lafayette Parish Estimated	22.8	-0.8
56	Orleans Parish Estimated	22.7	-0.7
57	Concordia Parish Estimated	22.4	-1.8
57	Natchitoches Parish Estimated	22.4	-1.6
59	Ouachita Parish Estimated	22.3	+0.3
60	Calcasieu Parish Estimated	21.7	-0.2
61	Caddo Parish Estimated	20.6	-0.3
62	Lincoln Parish Estimated	18.4	0
63	Madison Parish Estimated	17.6	-0.5

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About this ranking

Mean one-way travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16 and over who did not work from home.

ACS five-year estimates: the period labels the final year of the five-year survey window, not a single calendar year. Calculated from aggregate minutes in B08135 and workers in B08303, with both inputs stored. Missing or suppressed county inputs are left out. Not mixed with ACS one-year estimates.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

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Questions

Which county has the highest mean travel time to work?

St. Helena Parish, with 37.2 minutes in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest mean travel time to work?

Madison Parish, with 17.6 minutes in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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. Retrieved 2026-10-10. 1 counties have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.