What is the average commute in St. John town, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 31.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in St. John town, Indiana work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 12.5%, 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 18668522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

St. John, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for St. John town, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.2 min one way; 12.5% worked from home, 80.3% drove alone, and 14.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.2 min±2.8 min MOE

Worked from home12.5%±2.0 pp MOE

Drove alone80.3%±2.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip14.5%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 St. John town's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute31.9 min → 31.2 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.3% → 12.5%▲ 5.2 pp

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

Public transit2.2% → 1.4%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.6% → 80.3%▼ 5.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How St. John town residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.3%; 1.4% used public transit and 12.5% worked from home.

Drive alone80.3% ±2.6 pp

Carpool4.3% ±1.3 pp

Public transit1.4% ±0.7 pp

Walk0.8% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp

Work from home12.5% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 10,790 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How St. John town compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 82th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

82^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

73^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind St. John town's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,790 workers age 16+, including 9,443 workers with reported travel time and 1,347 home workers.

Population estimate22,567± 137 MOE

Workers age 16+10,790± 562 MOE

Workers with travel time9,443± 564 MOE

Estimated home workers1,347± 223 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 St. John 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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