What is the average commute in Laplace CDP, Louisiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Laplace CDP, 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 2.4 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 22420302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Laplace, Louisiana

Name: Commute estimates for Laplace CDP, Louisiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.9 min one way; 7.6% worked from home, 81.6% drove alone, and 11.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.9 min±4.4 min MOE

Worked from home7.6%±2.4 pp MOE

Drove alone81.6%±3.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.5%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 Laplace CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.3 min → 32.9 min▲ 4.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.6% → 7.6%▲ 2.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.8%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.0% → 81.6%▼ 5.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Laplace CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.6%; 0.8% used public transit and 7.6% worked from home.

Drive alone81.6% ±3.5 pp

Carpool8.0% ±2.1 pp

Public transit0.8% ±1.1 pp

Walk0.3% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home7.6% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 11,477 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Laplace CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 90th percentile among covered 25k–100k 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 25k–100k population band.

15^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

46^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

80^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Laplace CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,477 workers age 16+, including 10,610 workers with reported travel time and 867 home workers.

Population estimate28,343± 1,162 MOE

Workers age 16+11,477± 807 MOE

Workers with travel time10,610± 790 MOE

Estimated home workers867± 278 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 Laplace 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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