ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IN · GEOID 18551162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

North Vernon, Indiana

Mean one-way trip22.8 min±5.5 min MOE
Worked from home8.0%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone77.1%±8.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 commute20.4 min → 22.8 min▲ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.7% → 8.0%▲ 3.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.6% → 77.1%▲ 1.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone77.1% ±8.1 pp
Carpool12.8% ±5.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.8% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.8 pp
Work from home8.0% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 2,752 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.

37thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

31thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 69% 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.

20th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,078± 469 MOE
Workers age 16+2,752± 387 MOE
Workers with travel time2,531± 388 MOE
Estimated home workers221± 112 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.