What is the average commute in Jefferson CDP, Louisiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Jefferson CDP, Louisiana work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 13.6%, 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 22381452024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Jefferson, Louisiana

Name: Commute estimates for Jefferson CDP, Louisiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.0 min one way; 13.6% worked from home, 69.0% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.0 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home13.6%±2.9 pp MOE

Drove alone69.0%±5.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.0%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 Jefferson CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.5 min → 20.0 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 13.6%▲ 8.4 pp

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

Public transit2.4% → 2.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.5% → 69.0%▼ 10.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Jefferson CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.0%; 2.0% used public transit and 13.6% worked from home.

Drive alone69.0% ±5.0 pp

Carpool7.6% ±3.1 pp

Public transit2.0% ±1.3 pp

Walk4.8% ±2.3 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.7 pp

Work from home13.6% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 5,243 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Jefferson CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

21^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

78^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Jefferson CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,243 workers age 16+, including 4,529 workers with reported travel time and 714 home workers.

Population estimate9,703± 773 MOE

Workers age 16+5,243± 509 MOE

Workers with travel time4,529± 468 MOE

Estimated home workers714± 169 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 Jefferson CDP

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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