ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IN · GEOID 18608222024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Plymouth, Indiana

Mean one-way trip21.8 min±3.1 min MOE
Worked from home2.7%±1.5 pp MOE
Drove alone78.5%±4.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.5%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 commute22.5 min → 21.8 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.1% → 2.7%▲ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.0% → 78.5%▲ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.5% ±4.7 pp
Carpool14.4% ±5.2 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.9% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle1.0% ±1.2 pp
Work from home2.7% ±1.5 pp

Each share uses 5,280 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.

31thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,664± 41 MOE
Workers age 16+5,280± 345 MOE
Workers with travel time5,139± 362 MOE
Estimated home workers141± 81 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.