ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · LA · GEOID 22009752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Alexandria, Louisiana

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.4 min one way; 5.1% worked from home, 77.7% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.4 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home5.1%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone77.7%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 Alexandria city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.0 min → 17.4 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.7% → 5.1%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit2.3% → 2.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.0% → 77.7%▼ 0.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Alexandria city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.7%; 2.0% used public transit and 5.1% worked from home.

Drive alone77.7% ±3.0 pp
Carpool8.4% ±2.2 pp
Public transit2.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±0.6 pp
Work from home5.1% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 18,667 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Alexandria city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

8thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

5thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

71thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

33th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Alexandria city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 18,667 workers age 16+, including 17,716 workers with reported travel time and 951 home workers.

Population estimate44,060± 69 MOE
Workers age 16+18,667± 795 MOE
Workers with travel time17,716± 830 MOE
Estimated home workers951± 220 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 Alexandria city

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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