Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · LA · GEOID 22666552024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Ruston, Louisiana
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.1 min one way; 14.9% worked from home, 71.2% drove alone, and 2.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip15.1 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home14.9%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone71.2%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 Ruston city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.7 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 Ruston city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 14.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 8,289 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Ruston city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 5th 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 lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 64% 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 lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Ruston city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 8,289 workers age 16+, including 7,057 workers with reported travel time and 1,232 home workers.
Population estimate22,284± 30 MOE
Workers age 16+8,289± 816 MOE
Workers with travel time7,057± 814 MOE
Estimated home workers1,232± 279 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 Ruston city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.