ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IN · GEOID 18253242024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Frankfort, Indiana

Mean one-way trip18.6 min±2.0 min MOE
Worked from home4.1%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone82.3%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.3%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 commute19.8 min → 18.6 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.6% → 4.1%▲ 0.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.1%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.1% → 82.3%▲ 2.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone82.3% ±3.1 pp
Carpool12.4% ±3.5 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home4.1% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 7,700 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.

14thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

9thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate15,917± 415 MOE
Workers age 16+7,700± 418 MOE
Workers with travel time7,387± 431 MOE
Estimated home workers313± 135 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.