What is the average commute in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 3.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.7 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 221092024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

Name: Commute estimates for Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.0 min one way; 3.3% worked from home, 84.0% drove alone, and 8.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.0 min±1.6 min MOE

Worked from home3.3%±0.7 pp MOE

Drove alone84.0%±1.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.2%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 Terrebonne 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 +0.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.5 min → 24.0 min▼ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.6% → 3.3%▲ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.7% → 84.0%▲ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Terrebonne Parish residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 3.3% worked from home.

Drive alone84.0% ±1.4 pp

Carpool9.7% ±1.5 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.7% ±0.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp

Work from home3.3% ±0.7 pp

Each share uses 45,363 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Terrebonne Parish compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 51th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

51^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

0^thWork-from-home percentile

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

21^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

71^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 71% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Terrebonne Parish's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 45,363 workers age 16+, including 43,849 workers with reported travel time and 1,514 home workers.

Population estimate106,186± — MOE

Workers age 16+45,363± 1,388 MOE

Workers with travel time43,849± 1,419 MOE

Estimated home workers1,514± 343 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 Terrebonne 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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