What is the average commute in Terrytown CDP, Louisiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 27.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Terrytown CDP, Louisiana work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 7.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.7 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · LA · GEOID 22751802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Terrytown, Louisiana

Name: Commute estimates for Terrytown CDP, Louisiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.1 min one way; 7.0% worked from home, 72.2% drove alone, and 8.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.1 min±4.4 min MOE

Worked from home7.0%±2.7 pp MOE

Drove alone72.2%±4.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.8%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 Terrytown CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.0 min → 27.1 min▲ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.6% → 7.0%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit3.7% → 0.8%▼ 2.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone69.5% → 72.2%▲ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Terrytown CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.2%; 0.8% used public transit and 7.0% worked from home.

Drive alone72.2% ±4.6 pp

Carpool18.6% ±6.6 pp

Public transit0.8% ±0.6 pp

Walk1.1% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home7.0% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 10,814 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Terrytown CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

63^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Terrytown CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,814 workers age 16+, including 10,059 workers with reported travel time and 755 home workers.

Population estimate24,726± 1,990 MOE

Workers age 16+10,814± 1,006 MOE

Workers with travel time10,059± 1,026 MOE

Estimated home workers755± 300 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 Terrytown 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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