ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · IN · GEOID 181492024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Starke County, Indiana

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 the published estimate?

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 residents usually get to work

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

Compared with similar-size countys

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

81thMean commute percentile

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

23thWork-from-home percentile

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

62thTransit percentile

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

75th60+ 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 the shares

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.