What is the average commute in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.0 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 221052024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

Name: Commute estimates for Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.6 min one way; 7.2% worked from home, 80.2% drove alone, and 15.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.6 min±1.6 min MOE

Worked from home7.2%±1.0 pp MOE

Drove alone80.2%±1.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.2%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 Tangipahoa Parish's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.5 min → 29.6 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.8% → 7.2%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.2%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.5% → 80.2%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Tangipahoa Parish residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.2%; 0.2% used public transit and 7.2% worked from home.

Drive alone80.2% ±1.5 pp

Carpool9.3% ±1.4 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.3% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home7.2% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 58,292 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Tangipahoa Parish compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 86th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

86^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

9^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

25^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 75% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

95^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Tangipahoa Parish's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 58,292 workers age 16+, including 54,124 workers with reported travel time and 4,168 home workers.

Population estimate136,738± — MOE

Workers age 16+58,292± 1,633 MOE

Workers with travel time54,124± 1,632 MOE

Estimated home workers4,168± 612 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 Tangipahoa 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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