Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · IN · GEOID 181832024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Whitley County, Indiana
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.6 min one way; 8.1% worked from home, 82.0% drove alone, and 3.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.6 min±1.5 min MOE
Worked from home8.1%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone82.0%±1.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.7%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 Whitley County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.9 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 Whitley County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 8.1% worked from home.
Each share uses 17,303 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Whitley County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 34th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 66% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 50% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Whitley County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 17,303 workers age 16+, including 15,896 workers with reported travel time and 1,407 home workers.
Population estimate34,618± — MOE
Workers age 16+17,303± 545 MOE
Workers with travel time15,896± 549 MOE
Estimated home workers1,407± 298 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 Whitley County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.