ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IN · GEOID 18847522024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Winchester, Indiana

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.6 min one way; 8.7% worked from home, 64.7% drove alone, and 3.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.6 min±4.2 min MOE
Worked from home8.7%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone64.7%±8.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 Winchester city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +5.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.0 min → 15.6 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.3% → 8.7%▲ 5.4 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone72.2% → 64.7%▼ 7.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Winchester city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 8.7% worked from home.

Drive alone64.7% ±8.3 pp
Carpool18.9% ±7.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.9 pp
Walk5.3% ±3.2 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.9 pp
Work from home8.7% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 2,039 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Winchester city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

5thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

35thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Winchester city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,039 workers age 16+, including 1,862 workers with reported travel time and 177 home workers.

Population estimate5,284± 342 MOE
Workers age 16+2,039± 251 MOE
Workers with travel time1,862± 260 MOE
Estimated home workers177± 74 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 Winchester 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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