What is the average commute in Franklin Parish, Louisiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Franklin Parish, Louisiana work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · LA · GEOID 220412024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Franklin Parish, Louisiana

Name: Commute estimates for Franklin Parish, Louisiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.4 min one way; 6.5% worked from home, 80.0% drove alone, and 11.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.4 min±3.5 min MOE

Worked from home6.5%±3.1 pp MOE

Drove alone80.0%±4.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.8%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 Franklin Parish's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.5 min → 27.4 min▲ 1.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.6% → 6.5%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.4%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.2% → 80.0%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Franklin Parish residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.0%; 0.4% used public transit and 6.5% worked from home.

Drive alone80.0% ±4.0 pp

Carpool6.9% ±2.4 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.6 pp

Walk1.2% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home6.5% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 6,776 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Franklin Parish compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 69th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

69^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

41^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

79^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

74^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Franklin Parish's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,776 workers age 16+, including 6,336 workers with reported travel time and 440 home workers.

Population estimate19,408± — MOE

Workers age 16+6,776± 354 MOE

Workers with travel time6,336± 414 MOE

Estimated home workers440± 213 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 Franklin 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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