What is the average commute in Spencer County, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.1 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 181472024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Spencer County, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Spencer County, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.0 min one way; 4.5% worked from home, 87.5% drove alone, and 8.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.0 min±1.8 min MOE

Worked from home4.5%±1.1 pp MOE

Drove alone87.5%±2.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.8%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 Spencer 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 -1.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.8 min → 26.0 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.6% → 4.5%▼ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.3% → 87.5%▲ 1.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Spencer County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 87.5%; 0.1% used public transit and 4.5% worked from home.

Drive alone87.5% ±2.0 pp

Carpool5.4% ±1.3 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp

Walk1.8% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home4.5% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 9,726 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Spencer County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 61th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

61^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

46^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

58^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Spencer County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,726 workers age 16+, including 9,293 workers with reported travel time and 433 home workers.

Population estimate19,955± — MOE

Workers age 16+9,726± 307 MOE

Workers with travel time9,293± 339 MOE

Estimated home workers433± 109 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 Spencer 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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