What is the average commute in Parke County, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 30.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 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 181212024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Parke County, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Parke County, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 30.4 min one way; 11.7% worked from home, 72.2% drove alone, and 10.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip30.4 min±2.9 min MOE

Worked from home11.7%±3.2 pp MOE

Drove alone72.2%±4.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip10.4%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 Parke County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.9 min → 30.4 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.6% → 11.7%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.3% → 72.2%▼ 2.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Parke County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.7% worked from home.

Drive alone72.2% ±4.2 pp

Carpool11.5% ±2.6 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk3.1% ±1.4 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.4 pp

Work from home11.7% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 6,485 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Parke County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 84th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

84^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

86^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% 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.

67^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 67% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Parke County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,485 workers age 16+, including 5,726 workers with reported travel time and 759 home workers.

Population estimate16,406± — MOE

Workers age 16+6,485± 264 MOE

Workers with travel time5,726± 305 MOE

Estimated home workers759± 211 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 Parke 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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