What is the average commute in Brazil city, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 33.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Brazil city, Indiana work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 1.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · IN · GEOID 18071742024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brazil, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Brazil city, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 33.6 min one way; 1.3% worked from home, 79.6% drove alone, and 13.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip33.6 min±9.8 min MOE

Worked from home1.3%±1.4 pp MOE

Drove alone79.6%±6.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip13.0%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 Brazil city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +5.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.2 min → 33.6 min▲ 5.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home0.0% → 1.3%▲ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.3% → 79.6%▼ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Brazil city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 1.3% worked from home.

Drive alone79.6% ±6.8 pp

Carpool16.2% ±7.8 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk2.0% ±2.2 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home1.3% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 3,317 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Brazil city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 89th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

89^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

1^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Brazil city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,317 workers age 16+, including 3,274 workers with reported travel time and 43 home workers.

Population estimate7,831± 475 MOE

Workers age 16+3,317± 408 MOE

Workers with travel time3,274± 409 MOE

Estimated home workers43± 47 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

Comparable Indiana commute records for Brazil city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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