ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IN · GEOID 18660852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ross, Indiana

Mean one-way trip27.8 min±4.3 min MOE
Worked from home3.4%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone83.7%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.8%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 commutenan min → 27.8 min— nan min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from homenan% → 3.4%— nan pp

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

Public transitnan% → 0.7%— nan pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alonenan% → 83.7%— nan pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.7% ±4.9 pp
Carpool11.0% ±4.6 pp
Public transit0.7% ±0.7 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home3.4% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 3,106 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.

67thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

6thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

62thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,751± 37 MOE
Workers age 16+3,106± 301 MOE
Workers with travel time3,000± 288 MOE
Estimated home workers106± 62 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.