ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IN · GEOID 18058602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bloomington, Indiana

Mean one-way trip17.5 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home18.2%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone55.7%±2.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 commute16.8 min → 17.5 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.0% → 18.2%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit4.2% → 3.6%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone58.4% → 55.7%▼ 2.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone55.7% ±2.9 pp
Carpool8.8% ±1.3 pp
Public transit3.6% ±0.9 pp
Walk10.8% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle1.8% ±0.5 pp
Work from home18.2% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 38,617 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

8thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

84thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

24th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate80,049± 491 MOE
Workers age 16+38,617± 1,125 MOE
Workers with travel time31,571± 1,231 MOE
Estimated home workers7,046± 812 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.