ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IN · GEOID 18161382024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Crown Point, Indiana

Mean one-way trip29.0 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home10.7%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone82.0%±2.2 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.1%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 commute27.3 min → 29.0 min▲ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.6% → 10.7%▲ 6.1 pp

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

Public transit1.0% → 0.8%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.2% → 82.0%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone82.0% ±2.2 pp
Carpool4.6% ±1.2 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.9% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.1 pp
Work from home10.7% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 15,600 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.

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

34thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

47thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

78th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate34,393± 116 MOE
Workers age 16+15,600± 620 MOE
Workers with travel time13,924± 601 MOE
Estimated home workers1,676± 342 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.