What is the average commute in Clay County, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Clay County, Indiana work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 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.

COUNTY · IN · GEOID 180212024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clay County, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Clay County, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.1 min one way; 4.8% worked from home, 81.2% drove alone, and 8.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.1 min±2.9 min MOE

Worked from home4.8%±1.4 pp MOE

Drove alone81.2%±2.9 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 Clay County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.4 min → 29.1 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.0% → 4.8%▲ 1.8 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.4% → 81.2%▼ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Clay County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.2%; 0.1% used public transit and 4.8% worked from home.

Drive alone81.2% ±2.9 pp

Carpool11.8% ±2.7 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.3% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home4.8% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 12,144 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Clay County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 81th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

81^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

13^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

39^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

66^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Clay County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 12,144 workers age 16+, including 11,564 workers with reported travel time and 580 home workers.

Population estimate26,409± — MOE

Workers age 16+12,144± 436 MOE

Workers with travel time11,564± 467 MOE

Estimated home workers580± 168 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 Indiana commute records for Clay County

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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