What is the average commute in Greene County, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.6%, 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 180552024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greene County, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Greene County, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.0 min one way; 6.6% worked from home, 80.4% drove alone, and 10.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.0 min±2.4 min MOE

Worked from home6.6%±1.4 pp MOE

Drove alone80.4%±2.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.9%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 Greene 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 +3.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.7 min → 30.0 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.1% → 6.6%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.1% → 80.4%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Greene County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.6% worked from home.

Drive alone80.4% ±2.1 pp

Carpool8.5% ±1.8 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.0 pp

Walk2.4% ±1.3 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp

Work from home6.6% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 13,524 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Greene County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 85th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

85^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 85% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

32^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

20^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

79^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Greene County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 13,524 workers age 16+, including 12,627 workers with reported travel time and 897 home workers.

Population estimate31,021± — MOE

Workers age 16+13,524± 494 MOE

Workers with travel time12,627± 487 MOE

Estimated home workers897± 190 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 Greene 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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