Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · IN · GEOID 181672024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Vigo County, Indiana
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.9 min one way; 5.5% worked from home, 77.8% drove alone, and 5.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.9 min±0.9 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone77.8%±1.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.4%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 Vigo County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.5 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Vigo County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.8%; 0.8% used public transit and 5.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 46,298 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Vigo County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 13th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 87% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 56% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Vigo County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 46,298 workers age 16+, including 43,743 workers with reported travel time and 2,555 home workers.
Population estimate106,109± — MOE
Workers age 16+46,298± 991 MOE
Workers with travel time43,743± 985 MOE
Estimated home workers2,555± 434 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
All Indiana reports →Comparable Indiana commute records for Vigo County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.