ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · LA · GEOID 22811652024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Westwego, Louisiana

Mean one-way trip24.3 min±5.7 min MOE
Worked from home4.3%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone80.1%±8.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.3%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 commute20.8 min → 24.3 min▲ 3.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.6% → 4.3%▲ 2.7 pp

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

Public transit1.8% → 0.2%▼ 1.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.5% → 80.1%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.1% ±8.2 pp
Carpool11.9% ±5.2 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.9% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home4.3% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 3,479 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.

47thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

10thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,335± 21 MOE
Workers age 16+3,479± 387 MOE
Workers with travel time3,329± 395 MOE
Estimated home workers150± 133 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.