How long is the commute in New Orleans?

Average travel time to work in New Orleans, 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 New Orleans gets to work.

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

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 63.2
• Carpooled: 8.7
• Transit: 4.5
• Walked: 5.6
• From home: 13.7

Average commute (minutes)

• New Orleans: 19.6
• Orleans Parish: 19.6
• LA: 23.9
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 13.7% — 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 3.7% of workers in 2015 to 13.7% in the latest estimates.