ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IN · GEOID 18394022024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kendallville, Indiana

Mean one-way trip24.7 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home4.5%±3.0 pp MOE
Drove alone83.1%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.4%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 commute22.5 min → 24.7 min▲ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.4% → 4.5%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.8% → 83.1%▲ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.1% ±3.1 pp
Carpool10.3% ±3.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.6% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home4.5% ±3.0 pp

Each share uses 4,609 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.

49thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,556± 440 MOE
Workers age 16+4,609± 418 MOE
Workers with travel time4,403± 396 MOE
Estimated home workers206± 139 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.