ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · LA · GEOID 220672024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Morehouse Parish, Louisiana

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.5 min one way; 4.1% worked from home, 85.2% drove alone, and 11.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.5 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home4.1%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone85.2%±2.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.2%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 Morehouse Parish's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.1 min → 26.5 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.0% → 4.1%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.3% → 85.2%▼ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Morehouse Parish residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.1% worked from home.

Drive alone85.2% ±2.0 pp
Carpool6.7% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk3.4% ±2.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home4.1% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 8,937 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Morehouse Parish compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

64thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% 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.

72th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 72% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Morehouse Parish's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,937 workers age 16+, including 8,573 workers with reported travel time and 364 home workers.

Population estimate24,551± — MOE
Workers age 16+8,937± 561 MOE
Workers with travel time8,573± 509 MOE
Estimated home workers364± 167 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 Morehouse 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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