ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · LA · GEOID 221032024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

Mean one-way trip31.5 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home13.2%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone77.1%±1.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip14.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute31.0 min → 31.5 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.7% → 13.2%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.8% → 77.1%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.1% ±1.3 pp
Carpool7.2% ±0.7 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home13.2% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 125,937 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.

93thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

59thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

5thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 95% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

94th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate272,421± — MOE
Workers age 16+125,937± 1,904 MOE
Workers with travel time109,355± 2,051 MOE
Estimated home workers16,582± 1,280 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.