ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · LA · GEOID 22677402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Rose, Louisiana

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±5.2 min MOE
Worked from home7.5%±4.7 pp MOE
Drove alone79.0%±13.2 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute28.9 min → 24.6 min▼ 4.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.7% → 7.5%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.0%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.6% → 79.0%▼ 4.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone79.0% ±13.2 pp
Carpool5.1% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle3.8% ±5.9 pp
Work from home7.5% ±4.7 pp

Each share uses 3,376 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 72% 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.

15th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,644± 802 MOE
Workers age 16+3,376± 408 MOE
Workers with travel time3,122± 400 MOE
Estimated home workers254± 162 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.