ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · LA · GEOID 22305152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Grambling, Louisiana

Mean one-way trip20.3 min±12.8 min MOE
Worked from home24.6%±10.1 pp MOE
Drove alone56.8%±13.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.6%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 commute17.4 min → 20.3 min▲ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.5% → 24.6%▲ 15.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.9% → 56.8%▼ 27.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone56.8% ±13.9 pp
Carpool9.6% ±7.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±1.3 pp
Walk6.1% ±4.6 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.6 pp
Work from home24.6% ±10.1 pp

Each share uses 1,522 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.

23thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 88% 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.

22th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,287± 14 MOE
Workers age 16+1,522± 311 MOE
Workers with travel time1,148± 305 MOE
Estimated home workers374± 172 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.