ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IN · GEOID 18250002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Mean one-way trip21.5 min±0.7 min MOE
Worked from home9.0%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone76.8%±1.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute21.3 min → 21.5 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 9.0%▲ 3.2 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 1.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.9% → 76.8%▼ 4.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone76.8% ±1.0 pp
Carpool10.5% ±0.9 pp
Public transit1.0% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.5% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.1 pp
Work from home9.0% ±0.9 pp

Each share uses 128,055 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

27thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 73% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

19thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

44thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 56% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

34th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate268,589± 295 MOE
Workers age 16+128,055± 1,878 MOE
Workers with travel time116,523± 1,937 MOE
Estimated home workers11,532± 1,116 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.