What is the average commute in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 38.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 2.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 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 220912024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Helena Parish, Louisiana

Name: Commute estimates for St. Helena Parish, Louisiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 38.1 min one way; 2.0% worked from home, 77.5% drove alone, and 32.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip38.1 min±7.6 min MOE

Worked from home2.0%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone77.5%±10.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip32.8%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 St. Helena Parish's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -3.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute36.9 min → 38.1 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 2.0%▼ 3.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 3.8%▲ 3.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.8% → 77.5%▼ 3.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How St. Helena Parish residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.5%; 3.8% used public transit and 2.0% worked from home.

Drive alone77.5% ±10.3 pp

Carpool10.5% ±3.8 pp

Public transit3.8% ±4.4 pp

Walk2.5% ±3.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home2.0% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 3,611 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How St. Helena Parish compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 98th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

98^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

3^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

99^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

100^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind St. Helena Parish's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,611 workers age 16+, including 3,539 workers with reported travel time and 72 home workers.

Population estimate10,858± — MOE

Workers age 16+3,611± 441 MOE

Workers with travel time3,539± 441 MOE

Estimated home workers72± 59 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 St. Helena 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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