What is the average commute in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 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 220612024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

Name: Commute estimates for Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.2 min one way; 11.5% worked from home, 76.5% drove alone, and 4.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.2 min±2.1 min MOE

Worked from home11.5%±2.0 pp MOE

Drove alone76.5%±3.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.4%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 Lincoln Parish's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.2 min → 19.2 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 11.5%▲ 6.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.8% → 76.5%▼ 7.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lincoln Parish residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.5%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.5% worked from home.

Drive alone76.5% ±3.1 pp

Carpool8.7% ±1.9 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp

Walk2.8% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home11.5% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 19,091 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lincoln Parish compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

11^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

80^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

6^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

15^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lincoln Parish's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 19,091 workers age 16+, including 16,891 workers with reported travel time and 2,200 home workers.

Population estimate48,174± — MOE

Workers age 16+19,091± 873 MOE

Workers with travel time16,891± 936 MOE

Estimated home workers2,200± 397 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 Lincoln 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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