What is the average commute in Washington city, Indiana?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 5.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 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 18805042024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Washington, Indiana

Name: Commute estimates for Washington city, Indiana
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.0 min one way; 5.4% worked from home, 79.0% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.0 min±2.8 min MOE

Worked from home5.4%±2.2 pp MOE

Drove alone79.0%±4.8 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.8%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 Washington city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -4.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.8 min → 18.0 min▼ 4.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.4% → 5.4%▲ 3.0 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.2%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.1% → 79.0%▼ 1.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Washington city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 79.0%; 0.2% used public transit and 5.4% worked from home.

Drive alone79.0% ±4.8 pp

Carpool12.3% ±3.6 pp

Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp

Walk2.1% ±1.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home5.4% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 5,510 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Washington city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

12^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

15^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Washington city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,510 workers age 16+, including 5,213 workers with reported travel time and 297 home workers.

Population estimate12,367± 24 MOE

Workers age 16+5,510± 397 MOE

Workers with travel time5,213± 378 MOE

Estimated home workers297± 121 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 Washington 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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