Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · LA · GEOID 22700002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Shreveport, Louisiana
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.8 min one way; 6.9% worked from home, 79.1% drove alone, and 2.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip18.8 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home6.9%±0.8 pp MOE
Drove alone79.1%±1.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.9%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 Shreveport 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 +3.0 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 Shreveport city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.1%; 1.4% used public transit and 6.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 73,984 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Shreveport city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 10th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Shreveport city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 73,984 workers age 16+, including 68,858 workers with reported travel time and 5,126 home workers.
Population estimate180,982± 68 MOE
Workers age 16+73,984± 1,768 MOE
Workers with travel time68,858± 1,830 MOE
Estimated home workers5,126± 631 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 Shreveport city
These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.