ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · LA · GEOID 221012024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.2 min one way; 5.5% worked from home, 84.7% drove alone, and 7.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.2 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone84.7%±2.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.7%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 St. Mary Parish's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.8 min → 23.2 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.6% → 5.5%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.1% → 84.7%▲ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How St. Mary Parish residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.5% worked from home.

Drive alone84.7% ±2.5 pp
Carpool7.6% ±1.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.4% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.3 pp
Work from home5.5% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 18,883 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How St. Mary Parish compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 40th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

40thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

20thWork-from-home percentile

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

6thTransit percentile

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

56th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind St. Mary Parish's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 18,883 workers age 16+, including 17,846 workers with reported travel time and 1,037 home workers.

Population estimate47,828± — MOE
Workers age 16+18,883± 862 MOE
Workers with travel time17,846± 904 MOE
Estimated home workers1,037± 302 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.