ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · LA · GEOID 221232024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

West Carroll Parish, Louisiana

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.3 min one way; 5.8% worked from home, 82.7% drove alone, and 10.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.3 min±3.5 min MOE
Worked from home5.8%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone82.7%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.5%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 West Carroll Parish's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.5 min → 24.3 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.0% → 5.8%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.3% → 82.7%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How West Carroll Parish residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.8% worked from home.

Drive alone82.7% ±5.6 pp
Carpool9.3% ±4.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home5.8% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 3,615 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How West Carroll Parish compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 50th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

50thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 50% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

33thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

68th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind West Carroll Parish's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,615 workers age 16+, including 3,407 workers with reported travel time and 208 home workers.

Population estimate9,464± — MOE
Workers age 16+3,615± 266 MOE
Workers with travel time3,407± 273 MOE
Estimated home workers208± 122 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 West Carroll 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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