What is the average commute in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 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 221132024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

Name: Commute estimates for Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.0 min one way; 5.3% worked from home, 82.0% drove alone, and 8.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.0 min±2.3 min MOE

Worked from home5.3%±1.5 pp MOE

Drove alone82.0%±2.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.7%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 Vermilion Parish's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 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 commute29.1 min → 30.0 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 5.3%▲ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.5%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.7% → 82.0%▲ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Vermilion Parish residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.0%; 0.5% used public transit and 5.3% worked from home.

Drive alone82.0% ±2.1 pp

Carpool7.7% ±1.5 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.4 pp

Walk3.0% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home5.3% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 23,257 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Vermilion Parish compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 85th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

85^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

18^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

78^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

66^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Vermilion Parish's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 23,257 workers age 16+, including 22,019 workers with reported travel time and 1,238 home workers.

Population estimate57,123± — MOE

Workers age 16+23,257± 914 MOE

Workers with travel time22,019± 868 MOE

Estimated home workers1,238± 341 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 Vermilion 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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