Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · LA · GEOID 220052024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Ascension Parish, Louisiana
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.2 min one way; 8.9% worked from home, 81.6% drove alone, and 10.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip30.2 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home8.9%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone81.6%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.9%among commuters
U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.
01 / THE SHIFT
What changed in Ascension Parish's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.6 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Ascension Parish residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.6%; 0.4% used public transit and 8.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 64,195 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Ascension Parish compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 88th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Ascension Parish's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 64,195 workers age 16+, including 58,508 workers with reported travel time and 5,687 home workers.
Population estimate130,314± — MOE
Workers age 16+64,195± 1,455 MOE
Workers with travel time58,508± 1,624 MOE
Estimated home workers5,687± 988 MOE
Why the ± matters
ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.
05 / SAME STATE
All Louisiana reports →Comparable Louisiana commute records for Ascension Parish
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.