Crown Point Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Crown Point, 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 Crown Point: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Crown Point spend about 50 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 209 hours, about 8.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 19% more time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 4.0 minutes.

Crown Point holds about 0.4% of Indiana's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Crown Point would save about 84 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,595 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)
Crown Point	25.1 min	50.2 min	209 hrs/yr	$6,488	3,100
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.

Crown Point Commute Map

On average, it takes 25.1 minutes to get to work in Crown Point. That's 12% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 10.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Crown Point

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Crown Point, versus 0.1% in Indiana.

Commute Mode Trends in Crown Point, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Crown Point 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	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	91.3%	2.9%	1.4%	1.0%	2.8%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%
2010	93.6%	2.8%	1.2%	0.8%	1.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	94.8%	2.7%	0.4%	0.6%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	94.1%	3.0%	0.5%	1.1%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2013	92.2%	3.3%	1.2%	1.4%	1.6%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2014	91.3%	3.3%	1.9%	1.9%	1.2%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2015	90.8%	3.3%	1.9%	2.0%	1.5%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
2016	91.5%	3.1%	1.7%	1.9%	1.4%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2017	92.0%	3.1%	1.3%	1.6%	1.3%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%
2018	93.3%	3.0%	1.0%	1.1%	1.1%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
2019	94.7%	2.4%	0.5%	0.9%	1.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	94.3%	3.5%	0.4%	0.7%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	92.7%	4.2%	0.8%	1.1%	0.9%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	90.6%	6.9%	0.8%	0.6%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	89.3%	8.4%	0.9%	0.6%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	87.2%	10.0%	0.9%	0.8%	0.7%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2011 at 94.8%. Overall it fell from 91.3% in 2009 to 87.2% in 2024, down 4.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Crown Point: its share of workers rose from 2.9% in 2009 to 10.0% in 2024, up 7.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 7.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 2.8% to 0.7% of workers (down 2.1 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 2.0% in 2015 and has since fallen back to 0.8%.

Commute Start Times in Crown Point

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Crown Point?

The bars show when commuters in Crown Point 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		7.5%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.1%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		8.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		12.6%
7:00-7:29 AM		13.9%
7:30-7:59 AM		10.3%
8:00-8:29 AM		10.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		5.4%
9:00-9:59 AM		3.7%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.3%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		7.2%
4:00-11:59 PM		6.3%

Crown Point Indiana Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Crown Point is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.9% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.8% across Indiana. Early starts are more common than in Indiana: 18.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Indiana: 47.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.2%) 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 Crown Point, 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 Crown Point 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 Crown Point 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	Crown Point	Indiana	United States
2009	7:16 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:25 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:30 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:31 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:33 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:29 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:26 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:18 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:19 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:19 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:24 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:24 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:25 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:26 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:27 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:23 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Crown Point were on the road by 7:23 AM, 7 minutes later than in 2009 (7:16 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Crown Point now leave 15 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Crown Point's commute time compare?

Metric	Crown Point	Indiana	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	25.1 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	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	10.0%	10.7%	15.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.9%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.7%	0.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Crown Point is 25.1 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Indiana.

0.7% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.6% in Indiana. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 1.9% in Indiana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Crown Point, IN Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Crown Point, IN compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Crown Point, IN	27,138	25.1 min #1/2	10.0% #1/2	7:23 AM #1/2
Merrillville, IN	39,705	25.5 min	6.9%	7:36 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Crown Point, Indiana.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Crown Point, Indiana?

Commuters here spend an estimated 209 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,488 at a typical national wage. That's 19% more than the typical Indiana commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Crown Point, Indiana?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Crown Point, Indiana. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.