What is the average commute in Greencastle city, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.9 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6 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 18293582024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greencastle, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Greencastle city, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.9 min one way; 11.8% worked from home, 66.6% drove alone, and 8.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.9 min±3.2 min MOE

Worked from home11.8%±3.6 pp MOE

Drove alone66.6%±4.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip8.3%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 Greencastle city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed -2.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.7 min → 19.9 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home14.1% → 11.8%▼ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone64.8% → 66.6%▲ 1.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Greencastle city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 11.8% worked from home.

Drive alone66.6% ±4.7 pp

Carpool5.2% ±2.3 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp

Walk16.4% ±3.1 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home11.8% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 4,680 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Greencastle city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 20th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

20^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 51% 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.

60^th60+ minute percentile

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

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Greencastle city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,680 workers age 16+, including 4,129 workers with reported travel time and 551 home workers.

Population estimate9,864± 42 MOE

Workers age 16+4,680± 333 MOE

Workers with travel time4,129± 346 MOE

Estimated home workers551± 171 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 Greencastle 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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