ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IN · GEOID 180732024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Jasper County, Indiana

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 28.8 min one way; 5.7% worked from home, 81.8% drove alone, and 12.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip28.8 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home5.7%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone81.8%±2.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip12.5%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 Jasper County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 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 commute28.0 min → 28.8 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.8% → 5.7%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.1%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.2% → 81.8%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Jasper County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.8%; 0.1% used public transit and 5.7% worked from home.

Drive alone81.8% ±2.1 pp
Carpool10.4% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home5.7% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 14,527 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Jasper County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 80th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

80thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 80% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

23thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

36thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 64% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

86th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Jasper County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,527 workers age 16+, including 13,700 workers with reported travel time and 827 home workers.

Population estimate33,234± — MOE
Workers age 16+14,527± 514 MOE
Workers with travel time13,700± 532 MOE
Estimated home workers827± 219 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 Jasper 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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