How long is the commute in Baton Rouge?

Average travel time to work in Baton Rouge, LA, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Baton Rouge gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 19.6 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 75
• Carpooled: 11
• Transit: 1.5
• Walked: 3.8
• From home: 7.1

Average commute (minutes)

• Baton Rouge: 19.6
• East Baton Rouge Parish: 21.9
• LA: 23.9
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 7.1% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 3.3 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 2.7% of workers in 2015 to 7.1% in the latest estimates.