ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · LA · GEOID 22643102024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Reserve, Louisiana

Mean one-way trip22.8 min±6.5 min MOE
Worked from home2.2%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone78.8%±4.5 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute21.8 min → 22.8 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.5% → 2.2%▲ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.6%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone92.0% → 78.8%▼ 13.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.8% ±4.5 pp
Carpool15.1% ±5.0 pp
Public transit0.6% ±1.1 pp
Walk0.8% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home2.2% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 3,277 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

37thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

59thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,791± 978 MOE
Workers age 16+3,277± 585 MOE
Workers with travel time3,206± 575 MOE
Estimated home workers71± 57 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.