What is the average commute in Fishers city, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 25.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 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 18232782024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fishers, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Fishers city, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.7 min one way; 25.5% worked from home, 67.4% drove alone, and 3.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.7 min±1.6 min MOE

Worked from home25.5%±2.1 pp MOE

Drove alone67.4%±1.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.8%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 Fishers city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.7 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.0 min → 26.7 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.8% → 25.5%▲ 8.7 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.6% → 67.4%▼ 8.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fishers city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.4%; 0.0% used public transit and 25.5% worked from home.

Drive alone67.4% ±1.7 pp

Carpool5.5% ±1.2 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp

Work from home25.5% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 54,429 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fishers city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 63th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

63^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

91^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

0^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 100% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

23^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fishers city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 54,429 workers age 16+, including 40,544 workers with reported travel time and 13,885 home workers.

Population estimate102,337± 50 MOE

Workers age 16+54,429± 1,543 MOE

Workers with travel time40,544± 1,500 MOE

Estimated home workers13,885± 1,216 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 Fishers city

These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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