ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IN · GEOID 181392024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Rush County, Indiana

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size countys

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

63thMean commute percentile

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

31thWork-from-home percentile

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

72thTransit percentile

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

79th60+ 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 the shares

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.