Hobart Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Hobart, 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 Hobart: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Hobart spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 194 hours, about 8.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 10% more time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 2.1 minutes.

Hobart 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 Hobart would save about 77 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,401 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)
Hobart	23.2 min	46.5 min	194 hrs/yr	$6,002	2,690
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.

Hobart Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.2 minutes to get to work in Hobart. That's 4% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 3.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Hobart

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

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

Biking is essentially absent in Hobart, versus 0.4% in Indiana.

Commute Mode Trends in Hobart, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Hobart 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	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	93.9%	1.5%	1.5%	1.2%	1.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%
2010	93.2%	1.9%	1.5%	0.9%	1.9%	0.0%	0.3%	0.3%
2011	94.7%	1.8%	0.9%	0.7%	1.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.4%
2012	95.6%	1.8%	0.7%	0.2%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
2013	95.6%	2.1%	0.3%	0.4%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	97.2%	1.6%	0.3%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	96.0%	2.0%	0.2%	0.8%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2016	95.5%	2.2%	0.2%	1.1%	0.7%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2017	93.7%	3.7%	0.3%	1.2%	0.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.1%
2018	93.6%	3.3%	0.2%	1.5%	0.9%	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%
2019	93.5%	3.3%	0.3%	1.2%	1.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
2020	93.7%	3.5%	0.5%	0.7%	1.4%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	93.9%	3.8%	0.5%	0.4%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	95.0%	3.0%	0.5%	0.4%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	95.6%	2.9%	0.6%	0.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	94.4%	3.9%	1.0%	0.4%	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 2014 at 97.2% and lowest in 2010 at 93.2%. Overall it rose from 93.9% in 2009 to 94.4% in 2024, up 0.5 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Hobart: its share of workers rose from 1.5% in 2009 to 3.9% in 2024, up 2.4 percentage points.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.4% to 0.3% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Hobart

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hobart?

The bars show when commuters in Hobart 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		7.3%
5:00-5:29 AM		7.4%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.4%
6:00-6:29 AM		11.7%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.4%
7:00-7:29 AM		11.2%
7:30-7:59 AM		8.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		7.4%
8:30-8:59 AM		2.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		5.2%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.1%
11:00-11:59 AM		0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM		9.7%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.4%

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

The busiest time to head out in Hobart is 6:00-6:29 AM, when 11.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.5% across Indiana. Early starts are more common than in Indiana: 20.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Indiana: 38.8% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (27.2%) 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 Hobart, 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 Hobart 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 Hobart 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	Hobart	Indiana	United States
2009	7:28 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:28 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:27 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:27 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	7:26 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:29 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:24 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:28 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:24 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:20 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:21 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:24 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:23 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:18 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Hobart were on the road by 7:18 AM, 10 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:28 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Hobart now leave 20 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 Hobart has moved 5 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Hobart in the whole series.

How does Hobart's commute time compare?

Metric	Hobart	Indiana	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.2 min	21.1 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	06:00 AM – 06:29 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	3.9%	10.7%	15.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.9%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.3%	0.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Hobart is 23.2 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Indiana.

0.3% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Indiana. 1.0% commute by walking, lower than the 1.9% in Indiana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Hobart, IN Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

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

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Hobart, IN	28,846	23.2 min #1/2	3.9% #2/2	7:18 AM #1/2
Merrillville, IN	39,705	25.5 min	6.9%	7:36 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Hobart, Indiana.

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

Commuters here spend an estimated 194 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,002 at a typical national wage. That's 10% more than the typical Indiana commuter spends.

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

Traffic peaks between 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM in Hobart, 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.