What is the average commute in Dyer town, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 29.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 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 18192702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dyer, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Dyer town, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 29.4 min one way; 11.8% worked from home, 84.1% drove alone, and 14.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip29.4 min±3.6 min MOE

Worked from home11.8%±3.2 pp MOE

Drove alone84.1%±4.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.1%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 Dyer town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.1 min → 29.4 min▲ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.4% → 11.8%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit2.2% → 1.1%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.6% → 84.1%▲ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Dyer town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.1%; 1.1% used public transit and 11.8% worked from home.

Drive alone84.1% ±4.6 pp

Carpool3.0% ±1.4 pp

Public transit1.1% ±0.8 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home11.8% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 7,939 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Dyer town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 75th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

75^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Dyer town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,939 workers age 16+, including 7,000 workers with reported travel time and 939 home workers.

Population estimate16,400± 41 MOE

Workers age 16+7,939± 493 MOE

Workers with travel time7,000± 531 MOE

Estimated home workers939± 261 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 Dyer 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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