Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · LA · GEOID 22126652024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Carencro, Louisiana
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.2 min one way; 15.2% worked from home, 80.8% drove alone, and 10.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip30.2 min±7.5 min MOE
Worked from home15.2%±7.3 pp MOE
Drove alone80.8%±5.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.7%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 Carencro city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +5.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.6 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Carencro city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 15.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 5,104 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Carencro city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 78th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Carencro city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 5,104 workers age 16+, including 4,326 workers with reported travel time and 778 home workers.
Population estimate11,619± 28 MOE
Workers age 16+5,104± 433 MOE
Workers with travel time4,326± 429 MOE
Estimated home workers778± 377 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
All Louisiana reports →Comparable Louisiana commute records for Carencro city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.