ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IN · GEOID 18163362024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cumberland, Indiana

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.2 min one way; 10.0% worked from home, 84.9% drove alone, and 0.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip24.2 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home10.0%±4.9 pp MOE
Drove alone84.9%±7.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip0.4%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 Cumberland town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.0 min → 24.2 min▲ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.1% → 10.0%▲ 3.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.6% → 84.9%▼ 0.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cumberland town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.0% worked from home.

Drive alone84.9% ±7.4 pp
Carpool4.3% ±4.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.8% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home10.0% ±4.9 pp

Each share uses 3,226 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cumberland town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 46th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

46thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

1th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cumberland town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,226 workers age 16+, including 2,904 workers with reported travel time and 322 home workers.

Population estimate6,267± 435 MOE
Workers age 16+3,226± 443 MOE
Workers with travel time2,904± 454 MOE
Estimated home workers322± 165 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 Cumberland 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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