ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · LA · GEOID 220352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

East Carroll Parish, Louisiana

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 14.3 min one way; 4.6% worked from home, 79.9% drove alone, and 1.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip14.3 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home4.6%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone79.9%±6.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.9%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 East Carroll Parish's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute13.5 min → 14.3 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.0% → 4.6%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone91.5% → 79.9%▼ 11.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How East Carroll Parish residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.6% worked from home.

Drive alone79.9% ±6.5 pp
Carpool10.7% ±7.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.0 pp
Walk3.2% ±2.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.0 pp
Work from home4.6% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 2,003 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How East Carroll Parish compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

5thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

21thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

2th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind East Carroll Parish's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,003 workers age 16+, including 1,911 workers with reported travel time and 92 home workers.

Population estimate7,072± — MOE
Workers age 16+2,003± 298 MOE
Workers with travel time1,911± 302 MOE
Estimated home workers92± 76 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

Comparable Louisiana commute records for East Carroll Parish

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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