What is the average commute in Lake Station city, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 4.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 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 18415352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Lake Station, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Lake Station city, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.8 min one way; 4.4% worked from home, 85.3% drove alone, and 9.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip26.8 min±5.8 min MOE

Worked from home4.4%±2.1 pp MOE

Drove alone85.3%±4.4 pp MOE

60+ minute trip9.6%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 Lake Station city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute28.0 min → 26.8 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.2% → 4.4%▲ 1.2 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.3% → 85.3%▼ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Lake Station city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.3%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.4% worked from home.

Drive alone85.3% ±4.4 pp

Carpool5.8% ±3.0 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp

Walk1.7% ±1.4 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home4.4% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 4,917 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Lake Station city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 61th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

61^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

11^thWork-from-home percentile

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

18^thTransit percentile

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

68^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Lake Station city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,917 workers age 16+, including 4,700 workers with reported travel time and 217 home workers.

Population estimate13,185± 475 MOE

Workers age 16+4,917± 589 MOE

Workers with travel time4,700± 570 MOE

Estimated home workers217± 108 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 Lake Station 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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