Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · LA · GEOID 22593402024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Patterson, Louisiana
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.3 min one way; 10.3% worked from home, 77.1% drove alone, and 11.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip31.3 min±10.2 min MOE
Worked from home10.3%±9.0 pp MOE
Drove alone77.1%±8.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.0%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 Patterson city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +6.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.1 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 Patterson city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 2,069 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Patterson city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 82th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Patterson city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 2,069 workers age 16+, including 1,855 workers with reported travel time and 214 home workers.
Population estimate5,744± 19 MOE
Workers age 16+2,069± 297 MOE
Workers with travel time1,855± 296 MOE
Estimated home workers214± 188 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 Patterson city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.