What is the average commute in Ellettsville town, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 10.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.0 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 18208002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ellettsville, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Ellettsville town, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.3 min one way; 10.8% worked from home, 75.2% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.3 min±3.6 min MOE

Worked from home10.8%±3.0 pp MOE

Drove alone75.2%±4.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.0%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 Ellettsville town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.3 min → 21.3 min— 0.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 10.8%▲ 6.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.1% → 75.2%▼ 8.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ellettsville town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 10.8% worked from home.

Drive alone75.2% ±4.6 pp

Carpool13.8% ±5.6 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home10.8% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 3,612 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ellettsville town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 28th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

28^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

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

26^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ellettsville town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,612 workers age 16+, including 3,222 workers with reported travel time and 390 home workers.

Population estimate6,698± 28 MOE

Workers age 16+3,612± 325 MOE

Workers with travel time3,222± 317 MOE

Estimated home workers390± 113 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 Ellettsville 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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