ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · LA · GEOID 22757402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Timberlane, Louisiana

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.4 min one way; 2.9% worked from home, 87.3% drove alone, and 3.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.4 min±5.2 min MOE
Worked from home2.9%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone87.3%±5.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 Timberlane CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.3 min → 23.4 min▼ 2.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.6% → 2.9%▲ 0.3 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 1.3%▲ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone91.1% → 87.3%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Timberlane CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 87.3%; 1.3% used public transit and 2.9% worked from home.

Drive alone87.3% ±5.9 pp
Carpool6.5% ±3.4 pp
Public transit1.3% ±1.5 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home2.9% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 4,621 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Timberlane CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 40th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

40thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

23th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Timberlane CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,621 workers age 16+, including 4,489 workers with reported travel time and 132 home workers.

Population estimate10,886± 1,551 MOE
Workers age 16+4,621± 672 MOE
Workers with travel time4,489± 659 MOE
Estimated home workers132± 91 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 Timberlane 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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