ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IN · GEOID 18538742024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

New Whiteland, Indiana

Mean one-way trip24.7 min±6.7 min MOE
Worked from home15.1%±12.9 pp MOE
Drove alone74.0%±13.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.9%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 commute24.0 min → 24.7 min▲ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.5% → 15.1%▲ 9.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.8% → 74.0%▼ 15.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.0% ±13.5 pp
Carpool8.5% ±5.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk2.3% ±2.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home15.1% ±12.9 pp

Each share uses 2,936 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.

65thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 65% 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.

35th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate5,704± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+2,936± 434 MOE
Workers with travel time2,492± 469 MOE
Estimated home workers444± 384 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.