Hancock County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Hancock County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Hancock County spend about 52 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 218 hours, about 9.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 24% more time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 5.0 minutes.

Hancock County holds about 1.2% of Indiana's population but accounts for roughly 1.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Hancock County would save about 87 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,702 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)
Hancock County	26.2 min	52.3 min	218 hrs/yr	$6,756	1,927
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.

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On average, it takes 26.2 minutes to get to work in Hancock County. That's 17% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 80% 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 16.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Hancock County

• Car: 81.8%
• Worked at Home: 16.0%
• Walked: 1.1%
• Other: 0.9%
• Bicycle: 0.1% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Hancock County: 5.7 times less than the Indiana average (0.0% vs 0.1%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Hancock County: 92.6 times less than the Indiana average (0.0% vs 0.6%).

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

Biking is unusually rare in Hancock County: 3.3 times less than the Indiana average (0.1% vs 0.4%).

Commute Mode Trends in Hancock County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Hancock 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.

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• Worked at Home
• Walked
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Other	Bicycle	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	94.0%	3.6%	1.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%
2010	93.7%	4.1%	1.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%
2011	94.3%	4.0%	1.0%	0.2%	0.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.1%
2012	93.4%	4.8%	1.0%	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%
2013	93.6%	4.6%	1.0%	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2014	93.9%	4.5%	0.8%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	93.5%	4.8%	0.9%	0.4%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	93.6%	4.8%	1.0%	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	94.1%	4.3%	0.9%	0.4%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	94.5%	4.0%	1.0%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2019	94.5%	3.9%	1.0%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	90.9%	7.6%	1.1%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2021	88.4%	9.9%	1.1%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	85.3%	12.7%	1.1%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	82.4%	15.3%	1.2%	1.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	81.8%	16.0%	1.1%	0.9%	0.1%	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 peaked in 2018 at 94.5%. Overall it fell from 94.0% in 2009 to 81.8% in 2024, down 12.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Hancock County: its share of workers rose from 3.6% in 2009 to 16.0% in 2024, up 12.4 percentage points. Most of that increase, 12.1 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 0.5% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.5 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Hancock County

• 🚦 Rush-Hour RegularsThe 3rd-highest share of rush-hour departures among Indiana's 92 counties: 52.9% of commuters leave between 6:30 and 8:29 AM.

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hancock County?

The bars show when commuters in Hancock 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	12:00-4:59 AM Hancock County4.2% Indiana6.7%	4.2%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Hancock County3.5% Indiana4.5%	3.5%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Hancock County5.1% Indiana5.6%	5.1%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Hancock County10.3% Indiana8.5%	10.3%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Hancock County12.2% Indiana9.9%	12.2%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Hancock County17.6% Indiana13.8%	17.6%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Hancock County13.0% Indiana12.3%	13.0%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Hancock County10.1% Indiana9.6%	10.1%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Hancock County3.8% Indiana4.4%	3.8%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Hancock County4.0% Indiana5.2%	4.0%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Hancock County2.0% Indiana2.5%	2.0%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Hancock County1.4% Indiana1.2%	1.4%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Hancock County5.5% Indiana7.5%	5.5%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Hancock County7.3% Indiana8.0%	7.3%

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

The busiest time to head out in Hancock County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 17.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.8% across Indiana. Early starts are less common than in Indiana: 12.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Indiana: 52.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.1%) 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 Hancock 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 Hancock 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 Hancock 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.

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• Indiana
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Hancock County	Indiana	United States
2009	7:17 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:18 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:20 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:19 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:20 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:24 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:26 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:26 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:26 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:27 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:27 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:26 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:23 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:25 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:26 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:25 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Hancock County were on the road by 7:25 AM, 8 minutes later than in 2009 (7:17 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Hancock County now leave 13 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Hancock County's commute time compare?

Metric	Hancock County	Indiana	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	26.2 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	16.0%	10.7%	15.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.9%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Hancock County is 26.2 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Indiana.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Indiana. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 1.9% in Indiana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau