ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IN · GEOID 18754282024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Terre Haute, Indiana

Mean one-way trip18.5 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home5.7%±1.3 pp MOE
Drove alone73.8%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.2%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 commute16.9 min → 18.5 min▲ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.1% → 5.7%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit1.1% → 1.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.2% → 73.8%▼ 2.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.8% ±1.8 pp
Carpool13.0% ±2.2 pp
Public transit1.2% ±0.7 pp
Walk4.8% ±1.3 pp
Bicycle0.8% ±0.5 pp
Work from home5.7% ±1.3 pp

Each share uses 23,647 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.

11thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

7thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

57thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 57% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

38th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate58,427± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+23,647± 813 MOE
Workers with travel time22,294± 839 MOE
Estimated home workers1,353± 304 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.