What is the average commute in Brownsburg town, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 24.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Brownsburg town, Indiana work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 16.0%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 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 18084162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brownsburg, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Brownsburg town, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.2 min one way; 16.0% worked from home, 76.1% drove alone, and 4.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.2 min±2.2 min MOE

Worked from home16.0%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone76.1%±2.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.3%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 Brownsburg town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.6 min → 24.2 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.9% → 16.0%▲ 6.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.8% → 76.1%▼ 4.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Brownsburg town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.1%; 0.0% used public transit and 16.0% worked from home.

Drive alone76.1% ±2.9 pp

Carpool6.8% ±2.4 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.6% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home16.0% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 16,314 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Brownsburg town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 43th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

43^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

60^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 60% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

28^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Brownsburg town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 16,314 workers age 16+, including 13,706 workers with reported travel time and 2,608 home workers.

Population estimate31,215± 150 MOE

Workers age 16+16,314± 638 MOE

Workers with travel time13,706± 710 MOE

Estimated home workers2,608± 440 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 Brownsburg town

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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