What is the average commute in Elkhart city, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Elkhart city, Indiana work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 3.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.8 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 18207282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Elkhart, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Elkhart city, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.5 min one way; 3.2% worked from home, 74.9% drove alone, and 1.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.5 min±1.3 min MOE

Worked from home3.2%±0.8 pp MOE

Drove alone74.9%±3.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.9%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 Elkhart city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.6 min → 18.5 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.0% → 3.2%▲ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.6%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.0% → 74.9%▼ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Elkhart city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.9%; 0.6% used public transit and 3.2% worked from home.

Drive alone74.9% ±3.0 pp

Carpool18.1% ±3.3 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.5 pp

Walk2.6% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home3.2% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 24,656 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Elkhart city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 11th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

11^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

1^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 99% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

39^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

2^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Elkhart city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 24,656 workers age 16+, including 23,862 workers with reported travel time and 794 home workers.

Population estimate53,733± 41 MOE

Workers age 16+24,656± 1,022 MOE

Workers with travel time23,862± 1,001 MOE

Estimated home workers794± 197 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 Elkhart city

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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