What is the average commute in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.6 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 220512024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Name: Commute estimates for Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.3 min one way; 8.2% worked from home, 76.5% drove alone, and 6.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.3 min±0.6 min MOE

Worked from home8.2%±0.6 pp MOE

Drove alone76.5%±1.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.2%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 Jefferson Parish's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.4 min → 24.3 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 8.2%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.9%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.8% → 76.5%▼ 2.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Jefferson Parish residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.5%; 0.9% used public transit and 8.2% worked from home.

Drive alone76.5% ±1.1 pp

Carpool10.9% ±0.8 pp

Public transit0.9% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.6% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp

Work from home8.2% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 199,979 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Jefferson Parish compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 53th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

53^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

17^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

69^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

56^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Jefferson Parish's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 199,979 workers age 16+, including 183,504 workers with reported travel time and 16,475 home workers.

Population estimate430,920± — MOE

Workers age 16+199,979± 2,299 MOE

Workers with travel time183,504± 2,385 MOE

Estimated home workers16,475± 1,187 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 Jefferson 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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