ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · LA · GEOID 220172024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Caddo Parish, Louisiana

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.4 min one way; 6.5% worked from home, 80.0% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.4 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home6.5%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone80.0%±1.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.5%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 Caddo Parish's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 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.

Mean commute21.1 min → 20.4 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 6.5%▲ 2.6 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit1.3% → 1.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.4% → 80.0%▼ 3.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Caddo Parish residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.0%; 1.1% used public transit and 6.5% worked from home.

Drive alone80.0% ±1.3 pp
Carpool9.1% ±1.3 pp
Public transit1.1% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.0% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home6.5% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 93,076 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Caddo Parish compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 16th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

16thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

7thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

76thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 76% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

12th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 88% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Caddo Parish's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 93,076 workers age 16+, including 86,983 workers with reported travel time and 6,093 home workers.

Population estimate230,004± — MOE
Workers age 16+93,076± 1,878 MOE
Workers with travel time86,983± 1,913 MOE
Estimated home workers6,093± 731 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.