What is the average commute in Meraux CDP, Louisiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 32.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 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 22498002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Meraux, Louisiana

Name: Commute estimates for Meraux CDP, Louisiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 32.6 min one way; 5.1% worked from home, 82.0% drove alone, and 12.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip32.6 min±10.3 min MOE

Worked from home5.1%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone82.0%±10.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip12.3%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 Meraux CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +4.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.4 min → 32.6 min▲ 4.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.8% → 5.1%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone90.8% → 82.0%▼ 8.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Meraux CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 5.1% worked from home.

Drive alone82.0% ±10.0 pp

Carpool8.8% ±3.3 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk3.2% ±2.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home5.1% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 3,767 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Meraux CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 86th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

86^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% 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.

79^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Meraux CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,767 workers age 16+, including 3,573 workers with reported travel time and 194 home workers.

Population estimate7,918± 819 MOE

Workers age 16+3,767± 703 MOE

Workers with travel time3,573± 687 MOE

Estimated home workers194± 113 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 Meraux 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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