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

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.8 min one way; 2.2% worked from home, 78.8% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Reserve CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.7 percentage points.

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 Reserve CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.8%; 0.6% used public transit and 2.2% worked from home.

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

How Reserve CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 37th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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 Reserve CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,277 workers age 16+, including 3,206 workers with reported travel time and 71 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Louisiana commute records for Reserve 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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