ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IN · GEOID 18062202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bluffton, Indiana

Mean one-way trip19.0 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone80.2%±4.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute18.8 min → 19.0 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.3% → 5.5%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.3%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.8% → 80.2%▼ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.2% ±4.2 pp
Carpool9.1% ±2.8 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.2% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home5.5% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 5,263 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.

16thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,529± 312 MOE
Workers age 16+5,263± 340 MOE
Workers with travel time4,972± 348 MOE
Estimated home workers291± 117 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.