ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · LA · GEOID 22651502024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

River Ridge, Louisiana

Mean one-way trip26.2 min±6.2 min MOE
Worked from home13.7%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone72.1%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.0 min → 26.2 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.6% → 13.7%▲ 4.1 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.2% → 72.1%▼ 7.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.1% ±4.4 pp
Carpool11.1% ±3.7 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home13.7% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 6,583 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.

58thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,312± 1,101 MOE
Workers age 16+6,583± 541 MOE
Workers with travel time5,679± 486 MOE
Estimated home workers904± 232 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.