ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · LA · GEOID 22754252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Thibodaux, Louisiana

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.9 min one way; 5.9% worked from home, 73.3% drove alone, and 8.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.9 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home5.9%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone73.3%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.5%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 Thibodaux city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.7 min → 20.9 min▼ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 5.9%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit2.1% → 0.5%▼ 1.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 73.3%▼ 3.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Thibodaux city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 73.3%; 0.5% used public transit and 5.9% worked from home.

Drive alone73.3% ±4.2 pp
Carpool9.8% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.6 pp
Walk6.9% ±4.2 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home5.9% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 7,460 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Thibodaux city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 26th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

26thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

19thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Thibodaux city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,460 workers age 16+, including 7,019 workers with reported travel time and 441 home workers.

Population estimate15,732± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+7,460± 552 MOE
Workers with travel time7,019± 526 MOE
Estimated home workers441± 204 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 Thibodaux 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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