What is the average commute in New Castle city, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 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 18527402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

New Castle, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for New Castle city, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.8 min one way; 8.8% worked from home, 75.4% drove alone, and 7.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.8 min±3.4 min MOE

Worked from home8.8%±2.8 pp MOE

Drove alone75.4%±4.2 pp MOE

60+ minute trip7.2%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 New Castle city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.0 min → 20.8 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 8.8%▲ 4.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.6%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.1% → 75.4%▼ 6.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How New Castle city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.4%; 0.6% used public transit and 8.8% worked from home.

Drive alone75.4% ±4.2 pp

Carpool10.8% ±3.0 pp

Public transit0.6% ±0.5 pp

Walk2.8% ±1.6 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.2 pp

Work from home8.8% ±2.8 pp

Each share uses 7,586 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How New Castle city compares with similar-size places

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

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

25^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

35^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind New Castle city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,586 workers age 16+, including 6,916 workers with reported travel time and 670 home workers.

Population estimate17,367± 38 MOE

Workers age 16+7,586± 529 MOE

Workers with travel time6,916± 466 MOE

Estimated home workers670± 221 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 New Castle 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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