What is the average commute in Hammond city, Louisiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 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 22327552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hammond, Louisiana

Name: Commute estimates for Hammond city, Louisiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.0 min one way; 7.6% worked from home, 77.6% drove alone, and 8.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.0 min±3.4 min MOE

Worked from home7.6%±2.9 pp MOE

Drove alone77.6%±4.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.6%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 Hammond city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.4 min → 21.0 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.1% → 7.6%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.9% → 77.6%▲ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Hammond city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 7.6% worked from home.

Drive alone77.6% ±4.1 pp

Carpool10.5% ±3.6 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk4.2% ±1.4 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home7.6% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 9,236 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Hammond city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 27th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

27^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

29^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% 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.

62^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Hammond city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,236 workers age 16+, including 8,530 workers with reported travel time and 706 home workers.

Population estimate21,539± 38 MOE

Workers age 16+9,236± 828 MOE

Workers with travel time8,530± 785 MOE

Estimated home workers706± 279 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 Hammond 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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