ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · LA · GEOID 22692252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Shenandoah, Louisiana

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.6 min one way; 18.7% worked from home, 76.2% drove alone, and 7.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.6 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home18.7%±5.7 pp MOE
Drove alone76.2%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.3%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 Shenandoah CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute27.5 min → 26.6 min▼ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.7% → 18.7%▲ 8.1 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.1% → 76.2%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Shenandoah CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 18.7% worked from home.

Drive alone76.2% ±2.9 pp
Carpool4.6% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home18.7% ±5.7 pp

Each share uses 8,606 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Shenandoah CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 60th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

60thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Shenandoah CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,606 workers age 16+, including 6,995 workers with reported travel time and 1,611 home workers.

Population estimate17,998± 1,618 MOE
Workers age 16+8,606± 778 MOE
Workers with travel time6,995± 626 MOE
Estimated home workers1,611± 508 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 Shenandoah 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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