What is the average commute in Denham Springs city, Louisiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Denham Springs city, Louisiana work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · LA · GEOID 22204352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Denham Springs, Louisiana

Name: Commute estimates for Denham Springs city, Louisiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.4 min one way; 5.7% worked from home, 80.3% drove alone, and 8.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.4 min±5.1 min MOE

Worked from home5.7%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone80.3%±9.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.7%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 Denham Springs city'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 +1.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.6 min → 27.4 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.2% → 5.7%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.3% → 80.3%▼ 2.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Denham Springs city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.7% worked from home.

Drive alone80.3% ±9.0 pp

Carpool11.0% ±6.0 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk2.7% ±2.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home5.7% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 4,135 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Denham Springs city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

64^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

17^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Denham Springs city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,135 workers age 16+, including 3,899 workers with reported travel time and 236 home workers.

Population estimate9,323± 29 MOE

Workers age 16+4,135± 463 MOE

Workers with travel time3,899± 471 MOE

Estimated home workers236± 115 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 Denham Springs 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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