ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IN · GEOID 180272024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Daviess County, Indiana

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.4 min one way; 5.6% worked from home, 68.3% drove alone, and 7.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.4 min±1.7 min MOE
Worked from home5.6%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone68.3%±3.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.3%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 Daviess County'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 +1.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.3 min → 21.4 min▼ 2.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.7% → 5.6%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone70.6% → 68.3%▼ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Daviess County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.3%; 0.2% used public transit and 5.6% worked from home.

Drive alone68.3% ±3.2 pp
Carpool19.8% ±2.7 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk3.6% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.9% ±0.6 pp
Work from home5.6% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 14,825 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Daviess County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 26th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; 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 countys in the 25k–100k population band.

22thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

44thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

50th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 50% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Daviess County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,825 workers age 16+, including 13,995 workers with reported travel time and 830 home workers.

Population estimate33,658± — MOE
Workers age 16+14,825± 412 MOE
Workers with travel time13,995± 439 MOE
Estimated home workers830± 198 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 Daviess 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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