What is the average commute in Lacombe CDP, Louisiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.0 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 22406652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lacombe, Louisiana

Name: Commute estimates for Lacombe CDP, Louisiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.7 min one way; 9.4% worked from home, 84.7% drove alone, and 19.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.7 min±8.5 min MOE

Worked from home9.4%±4.0 pp MOE

Drove alone84.7%±9.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip19.6%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 Lacombe CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.7 min → 33.7 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.3% → 9.4%▲ 6.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.0% → 84.7%▲ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lacombe CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 9.4% worked from home.

Drive alone84.7% ±9.0 pp

Carpool2.9% ±2.3 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp

Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home9.4% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 2,942 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lacombe CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 90th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

90^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% 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.

94^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lacombe CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,942 workers age 16+, including 2,666 workers with reported travel time and 276 home workers.

Population estimate6,310± 704 MOE

Workers age 16+2,942± 418 MOE

Workers with travel time2,666± 440 MOE

Estimated home workers276± 123 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 Lacombe 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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