ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IN · GEOID 18422462024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

La Porte, Indiana

Mean one-way trip23.9 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home4.6%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone85.4%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.5%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 commute20.6 min → 23.9 min▲ 3.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.8% → 4.6%▼ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.2% → 85.4%▲ 3.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone85.4% ±2.7 pp
Carpool7.4% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.0% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.0 pp
Work from home4.6% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 10,156 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.

44thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

12thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate22,449± 670 MOE
Workers age 16+10,156± 591 MOE
Workers with travel time9,689± 582 MOE
Estimated home workers467± 236 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.