
Total Traffic Volume & Performance in Livingston Parish, Louisiana
Traffic The average number of vehicles that travel each day over any road in the road network. | vehicles per day6,256 |
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Trucks The percentage of the total traffic volume composed of heavy vehicles. | 10.8% |
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Average travel time The average time of travel averaged among all vehicles traveling on the road network. | 29.1 min |
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Congestion ratio The rate at which the actual travel time exceeds free-flow travel time, averaged among all roads in the network. | 16.6% |
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Drivers’ average age Average age of residents in the geographic areas where the vehicle trips originated. | 43.0 yrs |
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Drivers’ average income Average income of residents in the geographic areas where the vehicle trips originated. | $80,805 |
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Our data shows 6,256 vehicles per day on the average road in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, and 3,778,600 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈1.4 billion per year) across its 476 miles of monitored roads. Trucks are 10.8% of traffic, close to the 11.2% across Louisiana.
Shorter trips than 97% of counties in Louisiana
The average road in Livingston carries 6,256 vehicles per day, essentially matching the state average of 6,061. Network-wide, Livingston accounts for about 3.1% of Louisiana's statewide total of vehicle-miles. Livingston carries more traffic than 79% of counties in Louisiana.
Journey times run 9% lower than the state level, at 29.1 minutes on average. On travel time, Livingston runs shorter than 97% of counties in Louisiana.
At 16.6%, the congestion ratio matches the state level closely.
Highway vs. Non-Highway Traffic Analysis

Highway Traffic in Livingston Parish, Louisiana
| Traffic | vehicles per day30,217 |
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| Trucks | 17.4% |
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| Average travel time | 41.0 min |
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| Congestion ratio | 66.4% |
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| Drivers’ average age | 42.9 yrs |
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| Drivers’ average income | $76,932 |
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A significant share of driving in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, 43% of vehicle-miles, happens on highways. The average highway carries 30,217 vehicles per day, 395% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 6,110 vehicles per day.
Yet highways are only 11% of the road network, 52 miles in 89 segments, so each mile of them is 3.9 times as busy as the average road mile.
That is more highway travel volume than 80% of counties in Louisiana.
The most highway trucks of any county in Louisiana
Highway truck concentration here runs 9% higher than the state average, at 17.4%. The highway traffic mix is typical for Louisiana: neither freight- nor commuter-dominated.
59% of counties in Louisiana see a lower highway truck share than Livingston's 17.4%. Livingston also moves the highest raw count of highway trucks in Louisiana, at roughly 5,408 per day.

Non-highway Traffic in Livingston Parish, Louisiana
| Traffic | vehicles per day6,110 |
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| Trucks | 5.7% |
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| Average travel time | 29.0 min |
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| Congestion ratio | 16.3% |
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| Drivers’ average age | 43.0 yrs |
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| Drivers’ average income | $82,146 |
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A little more than half of the driving in Livingston Parish, Louisiana happens on local roads: 57% of all vehicle-miles. On the average non-highway road, that comes to 6,110 vehicles per day.
Local roads make up 89% of the monitored road miles (424 miles in 14,609 segments) but carry less than their share of travel: 2,160,067 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈788 million per year). The truck share on non-highway roads is 5.7%.
Younger drivers than 89% of counties in Louisiana
The concentration of trucks on non-highway roads is 67% lower than on highways.
The non-highway congestion ratio of 16.3% is in line with the state level.
Trip origins here have higher average income than 84% of counties in Louisiana. 89% of counties in Louisiana have an older driver population than Livingston.