Benton County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Benton County, Indiana: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Benton County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Benton County spend about 53 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 221 hours, about 9.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 25% more time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 5.3 minutes.

Benton County holds about 0.1% of Indiana's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Benton County would save about 88 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,735 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Benton County	26.5 min	52.9 min	221 hrs/yr	$6,836	658
Indiana	21.1 min	42.2 min	176 hrs/yr	$5,455	1,308
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Commute Time Map: Indiana Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Indiana

Knox County (15.8 min)
Howard County (15.9 min)
Daviess County (16.3 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Indiana

Crawford County (33.6 min)
Brown County (32.6 min)
Franklin County (31.9 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

Benton County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 26.5 minutes to get to work in Benton County. That's 18% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 86% of counties in Indiana

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 7.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Benton County

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Benton County, versus 0.1% in Indiana.

Biking is essentially absent in Benton County, versus 0.4% in Indiana.

Commute Mode Trends in Benton County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Benton County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Public Transportation	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	90.6%	4.4%	3.1%	0.1%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%
2010	90.5%	4.9%	3.0%	0.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.5%
2011	90.3%	5.5%	3.4%	0.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2012	90.2%	4.8%	4.2%	0.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2013	89.0%	5.3%	4.4%	0.5%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2014	89.7%	5.0%	3.9%	0.5%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	88.9%	5.9%	3.8%	0.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	88.8%	5.9%	3.9%	0.6%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	89.7%	6.0%	3.0%	0.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	91.6%	4.7%	2.6%	0.3%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2019	91.1%	5.5%	2.4%	0.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2020	91.6%	5.2%	1.7%	0.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2021	90.8%	6.0%	1.3%	0.8%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%
2022	90.1%	5.6%	1.9%	1.5%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	89.5%	5.8%	2.3%	1.5%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	87.7%	7.6%	2.0%	1.6%	1.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2018 at 91.6%. Overall it fell from 90.6% in 2009 to 87.7% in 2024, down 2.9 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Benton County: its share of workers rose from 4.4% in 2009 to 7.6% in 2024, up 3.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.1% to 2.0% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).

Public transit overtook biking to become the 4th most common choice in the 2013 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Benton County

Hitting SnoozeThe biggest shift to later mornings among Indiana's 92 counties: the typical start is 18 minutes later than in 2009.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Benton County?

The bars show when commuters in Benton County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Indiana for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		4.8%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.9%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.3%
7:00-7:29 AM		19.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		7.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM		8.9%
4:00-11:59 PM		9.4%

Benton County Indiana Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Benton County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 19.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.8% across Indiana. Early starts are less common than in Indiana: 14.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Indiana's: 46.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.7%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Benton County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Benton County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Benton County next to Indiana and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Benton County	Indiana	United States
2009	7:11 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:15 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:16 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:17 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:17 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:19 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:18 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:16 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:17 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:20 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:21 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:22 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:20 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:27 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:28 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:30 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Benton County were on the road by 7:30 AM, 18 minutes later than in 2009 (7:11 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Benton County now leave 8 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Benton County has moved 9 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Benton County in the whole series.

How does Benton County's commute time compare?

Metric	Benton County	Indiana	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	26.5 min	21.1 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	7.6%	10.7%	15.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.9%	2.4%
Public Transit	1.6%	0.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Benton County is 26.5 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Indiana.

1.6% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.6% in Indiana. 2.0% commute by walking, higher than the 1.9% in Indiana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Benton County, IN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Benton County, IN is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 8,735 residents against a local median of 24,718. Nothing separates Benton County, IN sharply from the counties around it. Each measure below lands within 15% of the local median, close enough that the differences are within what survey sampling alone would produce.

The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 14% above the local median at 26.5 min against 23.1 min. Benton County, IN has the 5th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Benton County, IN	8,735	26.5 min #5/6	7.6% #3/6	7:30 AM #5/6
Warren County, IN	8,464	23.1 min	6.4%	7:09 AM
Newton County, IN	13,922	28.4 min	8.6%	6:51 AM
Jasper County, IN	33,234	26.2 min	5.7%	7:02 AM
White County, IN	24,718	20.9 min	7.1%	7:18 AM
Tippecanoe County, IN	189,071	16.4 min	11.1%	7:57 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Benton County, Indiana.

What is the financial impact of commuting in Benton County, Indiana?

Commuters here spend an estimated 221 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,836 at a typical national wage. That's 25% more than the typical Indiana commuter spends.

What are the busiest morning travel hours in Benton County, Indiana?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Benton County, Indiana. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How do commute times compare across counties in Indiana?

Among counties in Indiana, the shortest average commutes are in Knox County (15.8 min), Howard County (15.9 min), Daviess County (16.3 min). The longest are in Crawford County (33.6 min), Brown County (32.6 min), Franklin County (31.9 min).