Traffic analytics for Cameron Parish, Louisiana, calculated from real-world mobile and sensor networks on 1,249 road segments (186 road miles, about 788 ft each). Trips here are among the 3 longest of any county in Louisiana. Use the figures below to move from assumptions to certainty on retail locations, logistics and road planning.
Data sourced from TrafficZoom's proprietary analytics platform.
Total Traffic Volume & Performance in Cameron Parish, Louisiana
Traffic
The average number of vehicles that travel each day over any road in the road network.
vehicles per day1,956
Trucks
The percentage of the total traffic volume composed of heavy vehicles.
16.6%
Average travel time
The average time of travel averaged among all vehicles traveling on the road network.
40.5 min
Congestion ratio
The rate at which the actual travel time exceeds free-flow travel time, averaged among all roads in the network.
6.3%
Drivers’ average age
Average age of residents in the geographic areas where the vehicle trips originated.
42.6 yrs
Drivers’ average income
Average income of residents in the geographic areas where the vehicle trips originated.
$79,557
Our data shows 1,956 vehicles per day on the average road in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, and 349,983 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈128 million per year) across its 186 miles of monitored roads. Trucks are 16.6% of traffic, more than the 11.2% across Louisiana.
Longer trips than 98% of counties in Louisiana
Cameron sees 68% lower average daily traffic volume than the state average (1,956 vehicles per day against 6,061), suggesting less demand on each road - quiet roads that suit freight movement more than drive-by retail. Across the whole network, that travel is about 0.3% of Louisiana's statewide total. Cameron carries less traffic than 84% of counties in Louisiana.
The average trip takes 40.5 minutes, 27% higher than the state level. On travel time, Cameron runs longer than 98% of counties in Louisiana.
Congestion runs 63% lower than the state level, at a ratio of 6.3%, which means smoother traffic flow - free-flowing roads make scheduled deliveries highly predictable.
Time-of-Day & Seasonal Patterns
Data Finding: Hourly & Seasonal Patterns
In Cameron Parish, Louisiana, the peak hour concentrates about 8% of the day's traffic.
Cameron Parish vs. Louisiana Traffic Comparison
Cameron Parish's biggest difference from the Louisiana average is its average daily traffic per road, 68% below it. Its truck share, by contrast, is 48% above.
Metric
Cameron Parish
Louisiana average
Difference
Traffic
1,956
6,061
-67.7%
Truck % (Total Traffic)
16.6%
11.2%
+48.1%
Avg. Travel Time
40.5 min
31.8 min
+27.3%
How Cameron Parish compares
Cameron Parish moves the least traffic of its nearby parishes
Compared with its 4 closest neighbours, Cameron Parish moves 8.3% of the total daily travel and carries 69.0% less traffic on a typical road; it has the quietest roads of the five. Trips here run longer without running slower: distance, not congestion, is what drivers spend their time on.
Cameron Parish and the 4 nearest county-level areas by centroid distance, with the Louisiana average for scale.
On average travel time, Cameron Parish is among the three highest county-level areas in Louisiana.
Cameron Parish ranked among 64 county-level areas in Louisiana (1 = highest).
Measure
Cameron Parish
Louisiana rank
Traffic volume (AADT)
1,956
#54 of 64
Average travel time
40.5 min
#2 of 64
Average driver income
$79,557
#14 of 64
Average driver age
42.6 yrs
#60 of 64
Cameron Parish ranks #2 of 64 on average travel time but #60 of 64 on average driver age - the two describe the same roads and are worth reading together rather than either on its own.
Busiest roads in Cameron Parish, Louisiana
The three busiest roads in Cameron Parish average 3,987 vehicles a day, 2.0 times the county average of 1,956 across all its monitored roads.
State Route 27 leads with 4,042 vehicles a day, 906 of them trucks (22.4%). La 27 is practically level with it at 3,982. Cox Road carries the most trucks, 979 a day (24.9% of its traffic), although it ranks #3 for all traffic.
Drivers on LA 82 are noticeably older, with a median age of 54.4 against 42.6 across the county.
Drivers on LA 82 come from neighborhoods with an average household income of $105,676, 33% above the county average of $79,557, while those on Marshall Street average $57,438, 28% below it.
Trucks make up 24.9% of traffic on Cox Road, against 16.6% across all roads in the county.
Marshall Street is busy by local standards, at 89% more than the county average on its busiest stretch; trucks are 23.9% of it, above the county-wide 16.6%.
Ranked by trucks per day
Cars and light vehiclesTrucks
1Cox RoadPrimary road · #3 by traffic3,936vehicles979trucks · 24.9%
2State Route 27Primary road · #1 by traffic4,042vehicles906trucks · 22.4%
3Marshall StreetPrimary road · #5 by traffic3,696vehicles882trucks · 23.9%
4La 27Primary road · #2 by traffic3,982vehicles849trucks · 21.3%
Bayou Serpent peaks at 3,493 vehicles a day, 79% more than the county average; trucks are 20.8% of it, above the county-wide 16.6%.
How to read these road counts
The first number is AADT, annual average daily traffic: the vehicles passing a point on an average day, both directions combined and trucks included. On a divided highway both carriageways are added together.
Traffic changes along a road, with more near interchanges and towns and less in open country. Every figure for a road describes its busiest stretch in the county, so the two rankings show the same numbers for the same road.
The second number is the trucks on that stretch, a part of its AADT. The bar splits the AADT into cars and light vehicles (blue) and trucks (amber).
The average monitored road in Cameron carries 1,956 vehicles per day, 68% less than the Louisiana average of 6,061.
Cameron carries less traffic than 84% of counties in Louisiana, averaging 1,956 vehicles per day.
Weekday traffic has two busy windows: AM peak 5:00 AM–7:00 AM and PM peak 4:00 PM–6:00 PM - about 80% above the daily average.
The average trip in Cameron takes 40.5 minutes, 27% longer than the Louisiana average of 31.8 minutes, delays at signals and congestion included.
Approximately 16% of measured traffic consists of vehicles whose trip originates outside Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
Trucks make up about 16.6% of all traffic in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
Drivers on Cameron roads have a median age of 43 years, and the median household income of the neighborhoods trips originate from averages $79,557, 9% above the Louisiana average.
State Route 27 carries the most, 4,042 vehicles per day on its busiest stretch, followed by La 27 (3,982), Cox Road (3,936), LA 82 (3,742), Marshall Street (3,696). Figures are AADT, both directions combined.
Cox Road, with about 979 trucks per day on its busiest stretch, 24.9% of its 3,936 vehicles.
About 4,042 vehicles per day in both directions on its busiest stretch, including 906 trucks (22.4%). Traffic is lower on its quieter stretches; TrafficZoom shows the count for every segment.
Data Sources & Methodology
The data presented on this page is derived from TrafficZoom's proprietary analytics platform, which aggregates and normalizes information from multiple sources, including:
Mobile device location data (anonymized and aggregated)
