What is the average commute in Prien CDP, Louisiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 17.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.1 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 22626472024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Prien, Louisiana

Name: Commute estimates for Prien CDP, Louisiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.0 min one way; 6.7% worked from home, 84.6% drove alone, and 2.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip17.0 min±4.6 min MOE

Worked from home6.7%±5.1 pp MOE

Drove alone84.6%±6.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.3%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 Prien CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.5 min → 17.0 min▼ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.3% → 6.7%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone95.4% → 84.6%▼ 10.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Prien CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.7% worked from home.

Drive alone84.6% ±6.1 pp

Carpool8.2% ±4.1 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.6% ±1.0 pp

Work from home6.7% ±5.1 pp

Each share uses 3,494 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Prien CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 9th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

9^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

23^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% 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.

10^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Prien CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,494 workers age 16+, including 3,261 workers with reported travel time and 233 home workers.

Population estimate7,119± 1,250 MOE

Workers age 16+3,494± 621 MOE

Workers with travel time3,261± 589 MOE

Estimated home workers233± 182 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 Prien 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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