What is the average commute in St. Joseph County, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in St. Joseph County, Indiana work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.8 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 181412024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. Joseph County, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for St. Joseph County, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.1 min one way; 10.7% worked from home, 74.7% drove alone, and 3.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.1 min±0.7 min MOE

Worked from home10.7%±0.8 pp MOE

Drove alone74.7%±0.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.6%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 St. Joseph County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.2 min → 21.1 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.3% → 10.7%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 1.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.7% → 74.7%▼ 3.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How St. Joseph County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.7%; 1.0% used public transit and 10.7% worked from home.

Drive alone74.7% ±0.8 pp

Carpool8.5% ±0.7 pp

Public transit1.0% ±0.3 pp

Walk3.3% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.7% ±0.1 pp

Work from home10.7% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 127,667 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How St. Joseph County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 22th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

22^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

39^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

74^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

14^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind St. Joseph County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 127,667 workers age 16+, including 113,968 workers with reported travel time and 13,699 home workers.

Population estimate273,040± — MOE

Workers age 16+127,667± 1,839 MOE

Workers with travel time113,968± 1,937 MOE

Estimated home workers13,699± 998 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 St. Joseph 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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