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Traffic | vehicles per day7,022 |
|---|---|
Trucks | 8.6% |
Average travel time | 34.0 min |
Congestion ratio | 22.8% |
Drivers’ average age | 45.7 yrs |
Drivers’ average income | $73,833 |
Our data shows 7,022 vehicles per day on the average road in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, and 6,925,138 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈2.5 billion per year) across its 617 miles of monitored roads. Trucks are a smaller part of the mix than across Louisiana: 8.6% against 11.2%.
Orleans sees 16% higher average daily traffic volume than the state average (7,022 vehicles per day against 6,061), suggesting more demand on each road - a factor worth weighing in site selection and logistics planning. Network-wide, Orleans accounts for about 5.7% of Louisiana's statewide total of vehicle-miles. 83% of counties in Louisiana see less traffic than Orleans's 7,022 vehicles per day.
At 34.0 minutes, the average travel time is 7% higher than the state level. On travel time, Orleans runs longer than 73% of counties in Louisiana.
Congestion runs 32% higher than the state level, at a ratio of 22.8%, which means more pronounced congestion - expect slower peak-hour deliveries and less predictable arrival times.
| Traffic | vehicles per day39,450 |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 11.5% |
| Average travel time | 37.8 min |
| Congestion ratio | 60.1% |
| Drivers’ average age | 46.4 yrs |
| Drivers’ average income | $74,916 |
A little more than half of the driving in Orleans Parish, Louisiana happens on highways: 57% of all vehicle-miles. The average highway carries 39,450 vehicles per day, 559% more than the average non-highway road in the same area, which carries 5,987 vehicles per day.
Yet highways are only 16% of the road network, 97 miles in 399 segments, so each mile of them is 3.6 times as busy as the average road mile.
That puts Orleans among the top 3 counties in Louisiana for highway travel volume.
At 11.5%, highway truck share is 28% lower than the state average. Trucks are a small share of a very large highway flow, so Orleans still moves heavy freight volumes alongside its passenger traffic.
By truck concentration, highways here trail 82% of counties in Louisiana. Orleans's highway truck count is higher than 95% of counties in Louisiana, at roughly 4,552 trucks per day.
| Traffic | vehicles per day5,987 |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 4.6% |
| Average travel time | 33.9 min |
| Congestion ratio | 21.6% |
| Drivers’ average age | 44.8 yrs |
| Drivers’ average income | $72,474 |
Local roads carry a significant share of travel in Orleans Parish, Louisiana: 43% of all vehicle-miles. A typical local road sees 5,987 vehicles per day.
Local roads make up 84% of the monitored road miles (521 miles in 12,505 segments) but carry less than their share of travel: 2,968,821 vehicle-miles traveled per day (≈1.1 billion per year). About 1 in 22 vehicles on non-highway roads is a truck (4.6%).
The concentration of trucks on non-highway roads is 60% lower than on highways.
Non-highway congestion (21.6%) runs 28% higher than the state average, pointing to slower local traffic flow.
Orleans's average driver income is higher than 68% of counties in Louisiana. Orleans's median driver age is higher than 54% of counties in Louisiana.
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