ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · LA · GEOID 22094802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bridge City, Louisiana

Mean one-way trip23.6 min±6.2 min MOE
Worked from home7.9%±4.5 pp MOE
Drove alone76.8%±9.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 commute27.3 min → 23.6 min▼ 3.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 7.9%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit1.4% → 2.1%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.6% → 76.8%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.8% ±9.4 pp
Carpool6.4% ±4.1 pp
Public transit2.1% ±2.8 pp
Walk6.0% ±6.8 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±1.7 pp
Work from home7.9% ±4.5 pp

Each share uses 2,670 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

42thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

30thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thTransit percentile

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

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,297± 1,151 MOE
Workers age 16+2,670± 387 MOE
Workers with travel time2,460± 381 MOE
Estimated home workers210± 125 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.