ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IN · GEOID 18803062024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Warsaw, Indiana

Mean one-way trip16.3 min±2.2 min MOE
Worked from home9.7%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone74.7%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.1%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute14.8 min → 16.3 min▲ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 9.7%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.4%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.0% → 74.7%▲ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone74.7% ±4.4 pp
Carpool11.3% ±4.0 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.8% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home9.7% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 8,173 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.

7thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

40thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54thTransit percentile

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

9th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate16,768± 462 MOE
Workers age 16+8,173± 575 MOE
Workers with travel time7,378± 577 MOE
Estimated home workers795± 257 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.