What is the average commute in Schererville town, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Schererville town, Indiana work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.2%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 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 18682202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Schererville, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Schererville town, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.3 min one way; 12.2% worked from home, 79.0% drove alone, and 15.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.3 min±2.9 min MOE

Worked from home12.2%±2.3 pp MOE

Drove alone79.0%±3.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip15.1%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 Schererville town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.1 min → 31.3 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.4% → 12.2%▲ 4.9 pp

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

Public transit2.4% → 1.8%▼ 0.6 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.0% → 79.0%▼ 6.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Schererville town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.0%; 1.8% used public transit and 12.2% worked from home.

Drive alone79.0% ±3.0 pp

Carpool4.8% ±1.4 pp

Public transit1.8% ±0.7 pp

Walk1.4% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp

Work from home12.2% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 14,695 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Schererville town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 84th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

84^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 84% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

43^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

68^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

89^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Schererville town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 14,695 workers age 16+, including 12,902 workers with reported travel time and 1,793 home workers.

Population estimate29,701± 36 MOE

Workers age 16+14,695± 735 MOE

Workers with travel time12,902± 730 MOE

Estimated home workers1,793± 348 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 Schererville town

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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