What is the average commute in Rush County, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.6 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 181392024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rush County, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Rush County, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.3 min one way; 5.6% worked from home, 81.8% drove alone, and 13.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.3 min±2.1 min MOE

Worked from home5.6%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone81.8%±2.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.0%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 Rush 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 +0.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.6 min → 26.3 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.7% → 5.6%▲ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.3%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.9% → 81.8%▼ 4.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Rush County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.8%; 0.3% used public transit and 5.6% worked from home.

Drive alone81.8% ±2.9 pp

Carpool10.4% ±2.6 pp

Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp

Walk1.8% ±1.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home5.6% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 7,748 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Rush County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

63^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

31^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

72^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

79^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Rush County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,748 workers age 16+, including 7,317 workers with reported travel time and 431 home workers.

Population estimate16,739± — MOE

Workers age 16+7,748± 353 MOE

Workers with travel time7,317± 351 MOE

Estimated home workers431± 129 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 Rush 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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