What is the average commute in Princeton city, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 13.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 2.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 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 18620462024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Princeton, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Princeton city, Indiana
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.8 min one way; 2.2% worked from home, 79.7% drove alone, and 2.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.8 min±2.2 min MOE

Worked from home2.2%±2.0 pp MOE

Drove alone79.7%±5.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.0%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 Princeton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.1 min → 13.8 min▼ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.0% → 2.2%▲ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 1.5%▲ 1.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.9% → 79.7%▼ 4.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Princeton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.7%; 1.5% used public transit and 2.2% worked from home.

Drive alone79.7% ±5.3 pp

Carpool10.3% ±4.2 pp

Public transit1.5% ±1.6 pp

Walk3.3% ±2.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp

Work from home2.2% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 3,789 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Princeton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

3^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

74^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

8^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Princeton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,789 workers age 16+, including 3,705 workers with reported travel time and 84 home workers.

Population estimate8,372± 28 MOE

Workers age 16+3,789± 304 MOE

Workers with travel time3,705± 298 MOE

Estimated home workers84± 77 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 Princeton 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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