ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · LA · GEOID 220972024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

Mean one-way trip29.8 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home7.3%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone78.1%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.2 min → 29.8 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 7.3%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.4%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.2% → 78.1%▼ 5.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.1% ±1.8 pp
Carpool10.9% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.7% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home7.3% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 30,010 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

84thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

40thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 60% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

71thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

83th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 83% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate81,670± — MOE
Workers age 16+30,010± 1,043 MOE
Workers with travel time27,822± 939 MOE
Estimated home workers2,188± 423 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.