Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · IN · GEOID 181232024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Perry County, Indiana
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.9 min one way; 5.6% worked from home, 84.8% drove alone, and 7.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip23.9 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home5.6%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone84.8%±3.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.9%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 Perry County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.1 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 Perry County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.8%; 0.2% used public transit and 5.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 8,329 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Perry County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 47th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 53% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 51% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Perry County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 8,329 workers age 16+, including 7,866 workers with reported travel time and 463 home workers.
Population estimate19,270± — MOE
Workers age 16+8,329± 396 MOE
Workers with travel time7,866± 407 MOE
Estimated home workers463± 146 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 Perry County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.