What is the average commute in Bright CDP, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Bright CDP, Indiana work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 18.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.1 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 18076242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bright, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Bright CDP, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.0 min one way; 18.8% worked from home, 72.6% drove alone, and 1.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±6.0 min MOE

Worked from home18.8%±6.1 pp MOE

Drove alone72.6%±5.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.4%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 Bright CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -6.9 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute35.9 min → 29.0 min▼ 6.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.5% → 18.8%▲ 8.3 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.8%▲ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.6% → 72.6%▼ 3.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bright CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.6%; 0.8% used public transit and 18.8% worked from home.

Drive alone72.6% ±5.5 pp

Carpool6.0% ±3.1 pp

Public transit0.8% ±1.2 pp

Walk0.6% ±0.9 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp

Work from home18.8% ±6.1 pp

Each share uses 2,886 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bright CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 73th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

73^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

76^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bright CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,886 workers age 16+, including 2,342 workers with reported travel time and 544 home workers.

Population estimate5,540± 529 MOE

Workers age 16+2,886± 353 MOE

Workers with travel time2,342± 305 MOE

Estimated home workers544± 189 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 Bright CDP

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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