Carroll County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Carroll 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 Carroll County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Carroll County spend about 48 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 198 hours, about 8.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 13% more time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 2.6 minutes.

Carroll County holds about 0.3% of Indiana's population and accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Carroll County would save about 79 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,455 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)
Carroll County	23.8 min	47.5 min	198 hrs/yr	$6,138	775
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

Carroll County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 23.8 minutes to get to work in Carroll County. That's 6% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 75% 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 6.2% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Carroll County

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Carroll County, versus 0.1% in Indiana.

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

Commute Mode Trends in Carroll County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Carroll 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	Other	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	91.3%	4.7%	0.8%	2.1%	1.0%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2010	92.0%	4.4%	1.0%	2.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	91.0%	5.2%	0.7%	2.7%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2012	91.8%	4.3%	0.7%	2.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2013	91.5%	5.1%	0.5%	2.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2014	91.8%	5.1%	0.6%	2.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
2015	91.3%	5.2%	1.0%	2.0%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
2016	93.3%	3.5%	0.9%	2.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2017	93.5%	4.1%	0.7%	1.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%
2018	94.3%	2.7%	0.9%	1.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
2019	95.0%	2.1%	0.7%	1.8%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2020	95.8%	2.0%	0.3%	1.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	93.9%	3.7%	0.3%	1.5%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2022	93.8%	3.8%	0.3%	1.6%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	92.7%	5.1%	1.0%	0.9%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	91.5%	6.2%	1.3%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2020 at 95.8% and lowest in 2011 at 91.0%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 91.3% in 2009 and 91.5% in 2024. It has fallen in each of the last 4 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Carroll County: its share of workers rose from 4.7% in 2009 to 6.2% in 2024, up 1.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.1% to 0.8% of workers (down 1.3 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Carroll County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Carroll County?

The bars show when commuters in Carroll 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		6.1%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.7%
5:30-5:59 AM		4.5%
6:00-6:29 AM		11.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.2%
7:00-7:29 AM		15.6%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.7%
8:00-8:29 AM		8.4%
8:30-8:59 AM		1.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		3.2%
10:00-10:59 AM		0.6%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		8.2%
4:00-11:59 PM		7.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Carroll County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.8% across Indiana. Early starts are about as common as in Indiana: 16.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Indiana: 49.0% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.5%) 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 Carroll 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 Carroll 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 Carroll 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	Carroll County	Indiana	United States
2009	7:14 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:17 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:19 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:17 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:19 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:18 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:18 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:15 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:14 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:09 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:11 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:16 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:19 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:19 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:23 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:21 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Carroll County were on the road by 7:21 AM, 7 minutes later than in 2009 (7:14 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Carroll County now leave 17 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 Carroll County has moved 10 minutes later.

How does Carroll County's commute time compare?

Metric	Carroll County	Indiana	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.8 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	6.2%	10.7%	15.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.9%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	0.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Carroll County is 23.8 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Indiana.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Indiana. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 1.9% in Indiana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Carroll County, IN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Carroll County, IN is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 20,535 residents against a local median of 37,680. Where Carroll County, IN breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 40% above the local median of 17.0 min at 23.8 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

The counties themselves spread 5.5 min on one-way commute, so Carroll County, IN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Carroll County, IN has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Carroll County, IN	20,535	23.8 min #6/6	6.2% #3/6	7:21 AM #2/6
Cass County, IN	37,680	17.0 min	4.1%	7:22 AM
Clinton County, IN	32,944	21.4 min	6.0%	7:27 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
Howard County, IN	83,752	15.9 min	6.0%	7:55 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Carroll County, Indiana.

Is commuting expensive in Carroll County, Indiana?

Commuters here spend an estimated 198 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,138 at a typical national wage. That's 13% more than the typical Indiana commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Carroll County, Indiana?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Carroll 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.

Where are the quickest and slowest commutes among 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).