What is the average commute in Kokomo city, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 19.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Kokomo city, Indiana work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.1 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 18403922024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Kokomo, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Kokomo city, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.1 min one way; 5.5% worked from home, 80.1% drove alone, and 6.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.1 min±1.5 min MOE

Worked from home5.5%±1.1 pp MOE

Drove alone80.1%±2.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip6.2%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 Kokomo city'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 +0.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.6 min → 19.1 min▲ 0.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 5.5%▲ 0.4 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.4%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.8% → 80.1%▼ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Kokomo city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.1%; 0.4% used public transit and 5.5% worked from home.

Drive alone80.1% ±2.1 pp

Carpool11.5% ±2.0 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.3 pp

Walk1.4% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp

Work from home5.5% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 24,425 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Kokomo city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

14^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

6^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

31^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

48^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Kokomo city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 24,425 workers age 16+, including 23,078 workers with reported travel time and 1,347 home workers.

Population estimate59,122± 635 MOE

Workers age 16+24,425± 921 MOE

Workers with travel time23,078± 857 MOE

Estimated home workers1,347± 280 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 Kokomo city

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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