Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · IN · GEOID 180572024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Hamilton County, Indiana
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.9 min one way; 23.3% worked from home, 68.9% drove alone, and 4.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.9 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home23.3%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone68.9%±1.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.7%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 Hamilton 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 +7.7 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Hamilton County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 23.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 193,091 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Hamilton County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 65th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 65% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 97% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 98% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 67% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Hamilton County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 193,091 workers age 16+, including 148,190 workers with reported travel time and 44,901 home workers.
Population estimate365,056± — MOE
Workers age 16+193,091± 2,206 MOE
Workers with travel time148,190± 2,501 MOE
Estimated home workers44,901± 2,085 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
All Indiana reports →Comparable Indiana commute records for Hamilton County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.