What is the average commute in Highland CDP, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 6.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 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 18334842024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Highland, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Highland CDP, Indiana
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-copyright

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.2 min one way; 6.3% worked from home, 81.5% drove alone, and 4.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.2 min±5.5 min MOE

Worked from home6.3%±3.8 pp MOE

Drove alone81.5%±10.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.2%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 CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.3 min → 20.2 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.7% → 6.3%▲ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit0.6% → 0.8%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone90.4% → 81.5%▼ 8.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Highland CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 81.5%; 0.8% used public transit and 6.3% worked from home.

Drive alone81.5% ±10.1 pp

Carpool8.4% ±5.7 pp

Public transit0.8% ±1.4 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.8 pp

Work from home6.3% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 2,391 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Highland CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 22th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

22^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

21^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

28^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 72% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Highland CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,391 workers age 16+, including 2,240 workers with reported travel time and 151 home workers.

Population estimate5,114± 870 MOE

Workers age 16+2,391± 436 MOE

Workers with travel time2,240± 409 MOE

Estimated home workers151± 94 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 CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

All Indiana reports →