ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IN · GEOID 18300422024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Griffith, Indiana

Mean one-way trip28.3 min±4.6 min MOE
Worked from home5.5%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone78.1%±5.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.8%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute30.9 min → 28.3 min▼ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.1% → 5.5%▲ 1.3 pp

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

Public transit2.9% → 0.5%▼ 2.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.6% → 78.1%▼ 2.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.1% ±5.6 pp
Carpool13.1% ±4.6 pp
Public transit0.5% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home5.5% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 8,487 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.

69thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,273± 173 MOE
Workers age 16+8,487± 641 MOE
Workers with travel time8,023± 633 MOE
Estimated home workers464± 194 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.