ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IN · GEOID 180132024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brown County, Indiana

Mean one-way trip36.0 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home13.6%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone78.7%±5.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip20.0%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 commute33.8 min → 36.0 min▲ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.2% → 13.6%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.3% → 78.7%▼ 2.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.7% ±5.2 pp
Carpool5.7% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.6% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home13.6% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 7,659 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

97thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

91thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

41thTransit percentile

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

95th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 95% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,606± — MOE
Workers age 16+7,659± 467 MOE
Workers with travel time6,615± 491 MOE
Estimated home workers1,044± 217 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.