Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · IN · GEOID 18360032024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Indianapolis city (balance), Indiana
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 24.6 min one way; 14.0% worked from home, 71.8% drove alone, and 4.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip24.6 min±0.5 min MOE
Worked from home14.0%±0.5 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±0.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.7%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 Indianapolis city (balance)'s published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.6 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Indianapolis city (balance) residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.8%; 1.4% used public transit and 14.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 440,755 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Indianapolis city (balance) compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 42th percentile among covered 500k+ places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 58% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 76% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Indianapolis city (balance)'s commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 440,755 workers age 16+, including 379,100 workers with reported travel time and 61,655 home workers.
Population estimate885,860± 893 MOE
Workers age 16+440,755± 3,962 MOE
Workers with travel time379,100± 3,934 MOE
Estimated home workers61,655± 2,419 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
All Indiana reports →Comparable Indiana commute records for Indianapolis city (balance)
No other Indiana place in the 500k+ population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.