ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IN · GEOID 18334662024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Highland, Indiana

Mean one-way trip25.6 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home8.5%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone82.0%±3.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip9.3%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 commute26.1 min → 25.6 min▼ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.8% → 8.5%▲ 4.7 pp

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

Public transit2.3% → 2.8%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.3% → 82.0%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone82.0% ±3.4 pp
Carpool4.3% ±1.6 pp
Public transit2.8% ±1.2 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.2 pp
Bicycle0.3% ±0.3 pp
Work from home8.5% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 11,280 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.

54thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 84% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate23,680± 35 MOE
Workers age 16+11,280± 584 MOE
Workers with travel time10,322± 586 MOE
Estimated home workers958± 170 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.