Fulton County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commute Time Burden in Fulton County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Fulton County spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 152 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 14% less time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 2.9 minutes.

Fulton 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 Fulton County would save about 61 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,884 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)
Fulton County	18.2 min	36.5 min	152 hrs/yr	$4,709	498
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

Fulton County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 18.2 minutes to get to work in Fulton County. That's 19% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Faster than 76% of counties in Indiana

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Fulton County

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

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

Commute Mode Trends in Fulton County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Fulton 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	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Other	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	91.2%	3.6%	2.8%	0.6%	0.2%	1.4%	0.0%	0.1%
2010	90.8%	4.2%	2.7%	0.0%	0.3%	1.9%	0.0%	0.1%
2011	90.3%	4.2%	2.9%	0.0%	0.4%	1.8%	0.0%	0.2%
2012	90.7%	4.7%	2.2%	0.0%	0.4%	1.7%	0.0%	0.4%
2013	90.6%	4.7%	2.5%	0.2%	0.4%	1.2%	0.0%	0.5%
2014	89.6%	5.6%	2.1%	0.5%	0.5%	1.6%	0.0%	0.2%
2015	90.2%	4.7%	2.4%	0.6%	0.3%	1.7%	0.0%	0.2%
2016	90.8%	5.2%	1.4%	0.6%	0.3%	1.5%	0.0%	0.2%
2017	92.2%	4.6%	1.1%	0.9%	0.1%	1.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	93.2%	3.1%	1.2%	0.7%	0.1%	1.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	93.8%	2.5%	1.8%	0.3%	0.6%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	92.6%	2.8%	2.4%	0.3%	0.4%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	92.7%	3.1%	2.4%	0.4%	0.2%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	90.7%	4.3%	3.4%	0.1%	0.4%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	92.4%	3.7%	2.6%	0.0%	0.5%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	91.5%	5.1%	1.9%	1.1%	0.4%	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 was highest in 2019 at 93.8% and lowest in 2014 at 89.6%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 91.2% in 2009 and 91.5% in 2024. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Fulton County: its share of workers rose from 3.6% in 2009 to 5.1% in 2024, up 1.5 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.8% to 1.9% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Fulton County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Fulton County?

The bars show when commuters in Fulton 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		11.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		7.3%
5:30-5:59 AM		8.0%
6:00-6:29 AM		5.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.1%
7:00-7:29 AM		11.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		14.3%
8:00-8:29 AM		4.4%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.1%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.1%
10:00-10:59 AM		1.7%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.0%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.9%
4:00-11:59 PM		9.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Fulton County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 14.3% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.3% across Indiana. Early starts are more common than in Indiana: 26.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Indiana: 41.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (22.1%) 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 Fulton 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 Fulton 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 Fulton 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	Fulton County	Indiana	United States
2009	7:35 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:33 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:31 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:31 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:27 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:29 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:25 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:35 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:31 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:32 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:26 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:23 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:18 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:16 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:13 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:17 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Fulton County were on the road by 7:17 AM, 18 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:35 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Fulton County now leave 21 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 Fulton County has moved 9 minutes earlier.

How does Fulton County's commute time compare?

Metric	Fulton County	Indiana	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	18.2 min	21.1 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	5.1%	10.7%	15.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.9%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.4%	0.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Fulton County is 18.2 minutes, shorter than the 21.1 minutes in Indiana.

0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Indiana. The share of commuters using walking is about the same as Indiana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Fulton County, IN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Fulton County, IN is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 20,312 residents against a local median of 37,680. Fulton County, IN sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.

The largest of those small differences is work from home, 13% below the local median at 5.1% against 5.8%. Fulton County, IN has the 4th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Fulton County, IN	20,312	18.2 min #3/6	5.1% #4/6	7:17 AM #3/6
Marshall County, IN	46,284	18.2 min	5.8%	7:14 AM
Cass County, IN	37,680	17.0 min	4.1%	7:22 AM
Miami County, IN	35,712	21.0 min	4.9%	7:31 AM
Pulaski County, IN	12,441	20.2 min	5.9%	7:07 AM
Kosciusko County, IN	80,442	17.6 min	8.6%	7:22 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Fulton County, Indiana.

Is living in Fulton County, Indiana good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 152 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,709 at a typical national wage. That's 14% less than the typical Indiana commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Fulton County, Indiana?

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