What is the average commute in Wabash city, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 16.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 3.1%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 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 18793702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wabash, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Wabash city, Indiana
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.5 min one way; 3.1% worked from home, 84.1% drove alone, and 4.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.5 min±2.8 min MOE

Worked from home3.1%±1.7 pp MOE

Drove alone84.1%±3.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.9%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 Wabash city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.6 min → 16.5 min▼ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.7% → 3.1%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.4%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone87.7% → 84.1%▼ 3.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wabash city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.1%; 0.4% used public transit and 3.1% worked from home.

Drive alone84.1% ±3.1 pp

Carpool9.8% ±3.5 pp

Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp

Walk1.8% ±1.4 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp

Work from home3.1% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 4,274 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wabash city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

8^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

5^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

35^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wabash city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,274 workers age 16+, including 4,143 workers with reported travel time and 131 home workers.

Population estimate10,358± 26 MOE

Workers age 16+4,274± 334 MOE

Workers with travel time4,143± 340 MOE

Estimated home workers131± 72 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 Wabash 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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