What is the average commute in Highland town, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 25.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Highland town, Indiana work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.4 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 18334662024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Highland, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Highland town, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.6 min one way; 8.5% worked from home, 82.0% drove alone, and 9.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Highland town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.7 percentage points.

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 Highland town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.0%; 2.8% used public transit and 8.5% worked from home.

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

How Highland town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 54th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

54^thMean commute percentile

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

33^thWork-from-home percentile

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

84^thTransit percentile

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

66^th60+ 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 Highland town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 11,280 workers age 16+, including 10,322 workers with reported travel time and 958 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Indiana commute records for Highland town

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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