ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · LA · GEOID 22746902024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Tallulah, Louisiana

Mean one-way trip15.9 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home1.8%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone85.0%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.8%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 commute14.4 min → 15.9 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.8% → 1.8%▲ 1.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.4% → 85.0%▲ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone85.0% ±6.7 pp
Carpool9.6% ±5.4 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±1.1 pp
Work from home1.8% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 1,751 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.

6thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

2thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

6th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,969± 15 MOE
Workers age 16+1,751± 235 MOE
Workers with travel time1,719± 234 MOE
Estimated home workers32± 27 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.