Commuting in Huntington 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 Huntington County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Huntington County spend about 37 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 153 hours, about 6.4 full days, spent commuting. That is 13% less time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 2.7 minutes.
Huntington County holds about 0.5% of Indiana's population and accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Huntington County would save about 61 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,899 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)
Huntington County
18.4 min
36.8 min
153 hrs/yr
$4,748
1,614
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.
On average, it takes
18.4
minutes to get to work in
Huntington County.
That's 18% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 73% of counties in Indiana
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 7.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Huntington County
Car:
88.9%
Worked at Home:
7.1%
Walked:
2.7%
Other:
0.7%
Bicycle:
0.4%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Huntington County: 7.0 times less than the Indiana average (0.1% vs 0.6%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Huntington County, versus 0.1% in Indiana.
Commute Mode Trends in Huntington County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Huntington 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
Other
Bicycle
Motorcycle
Public Transportation
Taxi
2009
91.7%
3.3%
3.6%
0.5%
0.2%
0.4%
0.3%
0.0%
2010
92.9%
3.5%
2.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
2011
93.3%
2.9%
2.6%
0.4%
0.1%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
2012
93.4%
2.8%
2.6%
0.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.4%
0.0%
2013
92.5%
3.8%
2.5%
0.4%
0.2%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
2014
92.5%
3.8%
2.7%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
0.3%
0.1%
2015
92.0%
3.7%
3.3%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2016
92.0%
3.8%
3.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.1%
2017
92.4%
3.4%
3.5%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.1%
2018
92.8%
3.5%
3.0%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
0.0%
2019
93.0%
3.4%
3.0%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2020
91.4%
5.4%
2.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2021
91.3%
5.9%
2.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
90.8%
6.2%
2.1%
0.5%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
89.4%
6.4%
3.0%
0.6%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2024
88.9%
7.1%
2.7%
0.7%
0.4%
0.2%
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 2012 at 93.4%. Overall it fell from 91.7% in 2009 to 88.9% in 2024, down 2.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Huntington County: its share of workers rose from 3.3% in 2009 to 7.1% in 2024, up 3.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.6% to 2.7% of workers (down 0.9 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2018 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Huntington County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Huntington County?
The bars show when commuters in Huntington 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 AMHuntington County6.5%Indiana6.7%
6.5%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMHuntington County6.1%Indiana4.5%
6.1%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMHuntington County5.0%Indiana5.6%
5.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMHuntington County9.9%Indiana8.5%
9.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMHuntington County13.1%Indiana9.9%
13.1%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMHuntington County15.1%Indiana13.8%
15.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMHuntington County8.2%Indiana12.3%
8.2%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMHuntington County6.9%Indiana9.6%
6.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMHuntington County2.0%Indiana4.4%
2.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMHuntington County4.6%Indiana5.2%
4.6%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMHuntington County3.6%Indiana2.5%
3.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMHuntington County1.2%Indiana1.2%
1.2%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMHuntington County11.4%Indiana7.5%
11.4%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMHuntington County6.3%Indiana8.0%
6.3%
Huntington CountyIndianaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Huntington County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 15.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.8% across Indiana. Early starts are about as common as in Indiana: 17.7% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Indiana: 43.3% 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 Huntington 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 Huntington 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 Huntington 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
Huntington County
Indiana
United States
2009
7:23 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:25 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:28 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:32 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:33 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:34 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:29 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:28 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:25 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:22 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:20 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:24 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:23 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:22 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:20 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:18 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Huntington County were on the road by 7:18 AM, 5 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:23 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Huntington County now leave 19 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 Huntington County has moved 2 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Huntington County in the whole series.
How does Huntington County's commute time compare?
Metric
Huntington County
Indiana
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.4 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
7.1%
10.7%
15.0%
Walked
2.7%
1.9%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Huntington County is 18.4 minutes, shorter than the 21.1 minutes in Indiana.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Indiana. 2.7% commute by walking, higher than the 1.9% in Indiana.
Huntington County, IN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Huntington County, IN is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 36,800 residents against a local median of 30,844. There is no headline here. Every measure below sits within 15% of the median across the nearest counties, which makes Huntington County, IN an unremarkable member of its own neighbourhood rather than an outlier in it.
The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 10% below the local median at 18.4 min against 20.4 min. Huntington County, IN has the 3rd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Huntington County, Indiana.
What is the financial impact of commuting in Huntington County, Indiana?
Commuters here spend an estimated 153 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,748 at a typical national wage. That's 13% less than the typical Indiana commuter spends.
What are the busiest morning travel hours in Huntington County, Indiana?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Huntington County, 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.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Huntington County, Indiana?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.1% of commuters use it versus 0.6% in Indiana, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
How do commute times compare across 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).