Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IN · GEOID 18147342024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Columbus, Indiana
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.4 min one way; 15.6% worked from home, 71.3% drove alone, and 4.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip19.4 min±1.8 min MOE
Worked from home15.6%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone71.3%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 Columbus city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Columbus city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.3%; 1.2% used public transit and 15.6% worked from home.
Each share uses 25,768 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Columbus city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 15th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 85% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 59% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Columbus city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 25,768 workers age 16+, including 21,758 workers with reported travel time and 4,010 home workers.
Population estimate51,824± 661 MOE
Workers age 16+25,768± 887 MOE
Workers with travel time21,758± 929 MOE
Estimated home workers4,010± 522 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
All Indiana reports →Comparable Indiana commute records for Columbus city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.