Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · LA · GEOID 22550002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
New Orleans, Louisiana
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.6 min one way; 14.9% worked from home, 62.1% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.6 min±0.6 min MOE
Worked from home14.9%±0.7 pp MOE
Drove alone62.1%±0.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.8%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 New Orleans city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.0 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How New Orleans city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 62.1%; 4.5% used public transit and 14.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 167,719 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How New Orleans city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 37th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind New Orleans city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 167,719 workers age 16+, including 142,761 workers with reported travel time and 24,958 home workers.
Population estimate371,853± — MOE
Workers age 16+167,719± 2,422 MOE
Workers with travel time142,761± 2,232 MOE
Estimated home workers24,958± 1,308 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
All Louisiana reports →Comparable Louisiana commute records for New Orleans city
These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.