ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · LA · GEOID 221212024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Mean one-way trip25.0 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home4.4%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone82.5%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.4%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 commute24.1 min → 25.0 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.5% → 4.4%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.8% → 82.5%▼ 3.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone82.5% ±3.4 pp
Carpool10.9% ±2.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.7 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home4.4% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 12,817 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.

55thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 55% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

10thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% 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.

28th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate27,974± — MOE
Workers age 16+12,817± 610 MOE
Workers with travel time12,253± 635 MOE
Estimated home workers564± 190 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.