What is the average commute in Starke County, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.8%, 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 181492024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Starke County, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Starke County, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.8 min one way; 4.8% worked from home, 81.5% drove alone, and 11.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.8 min±3.4 min MOE

Worked from home4.8%±1.6 pp MOE

Drove alone81.5%±3.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip11.9%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 Starke County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.7 min → 29.8 min▲ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.0% → 4.8%▲ 2.8 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.9% → 81.5%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Starke County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.5%; 0.2% used public transit and 4.8% worked from home.

Drive alone81.5% ±3.6 pp

Carpool10.4% ±2.6 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.5% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home4.8% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 9,638 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Starke County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 81th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

81^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

23^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

62^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

75^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Starke County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 9,638 workers age 16+, including 9,178 workers with reported travel time and 460 home workers.

Population estimate23,365± — MOE

Workers age 16+9,638± 434 MOE

Workers with travel time9,178± 433 MOE

Estimated home workers460± 156 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 Starke 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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