What is the average commute in Franklin County, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 36.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 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 180472024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Franklin County, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Franklin County, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 36.0 min one way; 9.3% worked from home, 78.0% drove alone, and 18.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip36.0 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home9.3%±2.1 pp MOE

Drove alone78.0%±3.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip18.6%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 Franklin County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute33.7 min → 36.0 min▲ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.8% → 9.3%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.1% → 78.0%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Franklin County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.0%; 0.0% used public transit and 9.3% worked from home.

Drive alone78.0% ±3.3 pp

Carpool9.3% ±2.8 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp

Walk2.0% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home9.3% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 10,918 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Franklin County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 96th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

96^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 96% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

69^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

93^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 93% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Franklin County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,918 workers age 16+, including 9,900 workers with reported travel time and 1,018 home workers.

Population estimate23,020± — MOE

Workers age 16+10,918± 381 MOE

Workers with travel time9,900± 440 MOE

Estimated home workers1,018± 237 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 Franklin 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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