ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · LA · GEOID 22676002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Martinville, Louisiana

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.9 min one way; 2.5% worked from home, 87.1% drove alone, and 4.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.9 min±6.5 min MOE
Worked from home2.5%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone87.1%±8.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 St. Martinville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.1 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 commute25.1 min → 23.9 min▼ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.2% → 2.5%▼ 0.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.0% → 87.1%▲ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How St. Martinville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 87.1%; 0.1% used public transit and 2.5% worked from home.

Drive alone87.1% ±8.0 pp
Carpool4.8% ±4.3 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.5 pp
Walk5.4% ±4.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.9 pp
Work from home2.5% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 2,160 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How St. Martinville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 44th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

44thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 56% 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.

42thTransit percentile

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

31th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind St. Martinville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,160 workers age 16+, including 2,106 workers with reported travel time and 54 home workers.

Population estimate5,297± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+2,160± 330 MOE
Workers with travel time2,106± 329 MOE
Estimated home workers54± 64 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 St. Martinville city

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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