ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · LA · GEOID 22298502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Gonzales, Louisiana

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.9 min one way; 7.7% worked from home, 71.0% drove alone, and 7.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.9 min±4.9 min MOE
Worked from home7.7%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone71.0%±7.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.5%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 Gonzales 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 +2.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.5 min → 24.9 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 7.7%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.6% → 71.0%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Gonzales city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.7% worked from home.

Drive alone71.0% ±7.8 pp
Carpool19.3% ±7.5 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±1.2 pp
Work from home7.7% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 6,300 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Gonzales city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 51th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

51thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

57th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Gonzales city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,300 workers age 16+, including 5,814 workers with reported travel time and 486 home workers.

Population estimate13,108± 26 MOE
Workers age 16+6,300± 543 MOE
Workers with travel time5,814± 607 MOE
Estimated home workers486± 237 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 Gonzales 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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