ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · PA · GEOID 42368162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Indiana, Pennsylvania

Mean one-way trip15.9 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home15.7%±4.2 pp MOE
Drove alone57.6%±4.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.3%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute15.3 min → 15.9 min▲ 0.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 15.7%▲ 8.5 pp

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

Public transit1.5% → 0.1%▼ 1.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone63.2% → 57.6%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone57.6% ±4.3 pp
Carpool6.6% ±4.4 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk18.3% ±4.8 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home15.7% ±4.2 pp

Each share uses 6,617 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.

6thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate14,212± 47 MOE
Workers age 16+6,617± 545 MOE
Workers with travel time5,581± 519 MOE
Estimated home workers1,036± 291 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.