Commuting in Johnson 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 Johnson County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Johnson County spend about 47 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 196 hours, about 8.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 11% more time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 2.4 minutes.
Johnson County holds about 2.4% of Indiana's population but accounts for roughly 2.7% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Johnson County would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,430 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)
Johnson County
23.5 min
47.0 min
196 hrs/yr
$6,075
1,834
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
23.5
minutes to get to work in
Johnson County.
That's 5% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 71% of counties in Indiana
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 14.2% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Johnson County
Car:
83.5%
Worked at Home:
14.2%
Other:
1.0%
Walked:
0.9%
Public Transportation:
0.2%
Taxi:
< 0.1%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Biking is unusually rare in Johnson County: 6.0 times less than the Indiana average (0.1% vs 0.4%).
Commute Mode Trends in Johnson County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Johnson 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
Other
Walked
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
94.1%
3.2%
0.8%
1.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
2010
93.7%
3.8%
0.8%
1.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2011
93.8%
3.4%
0.6%
1.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
2012
93.5%
3.8%
0.5%
1.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2013
93.2%
4.2%
0.7%
1.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2014
93.0%
4.2%
0.8%
1.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2015
93.9%
3.7%
0.6%
1.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2016
93.7%
3.9%
0.6%
1.4%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2017
93.8%
3.8%
0.6%
1.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
93.5%
4.4%
0.4%
1.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2019
93.0%
4.8%
0.4%
1.1%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2020
90.8%
7.0%
0.5%
1.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2021
89.2%
9.1%
0.5%
0.8%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2022
86.8%
11.4%
0.7%
0.7%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
84.5%
13.4%
0.9%
0.8%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
83.5%
14.2%
1.0%
0.9%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 94.1% in 2009 to 83.5% in 2024, down 10.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 7 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Johnson County: its share of workers rose from 3.2% in 2009 to 14.2% in 2024, up 11.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 9.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Commute Start Times in Johnson County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Johnson County?
The bars show when commuters in Johnson 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 AMJohnson County4.4%Indiana6.7%
4.4%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMJohnson County4.4%Indiana4.5%
4.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMJohnson County3.8%Indiana5.6%
3.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMJohnson County11.5%Indiana8.5%
11.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMJohnson County11.0%Indiana9.9%
11.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMJohnson County18.0%Indiana13.8%
18.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMJohnson County11.5%Indiana12.3%
11.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMJohnson County10.0%Indiana9.6%
10.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMJohnson County5.0%Indiana4.4%
5.0%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMJohnson County5.1%Indiana5.2%
5.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMJohnson County2.7%Indiana2.5%
2.7%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMJohnson County1.1%Indiana1.2%
1.1%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMJohnson County5.6%Indiana7.5%
5.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMJohnson County6.0%Indiana8.0%
6.0%
Johnson CountyIndianaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Johnson County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.8% across Indiana. Early starts are less common than in Indiana: 12.6% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Indiana: 50.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (20.5%) 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 Johnson 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 Johnson 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 Johnson 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
Johnson 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
7:25 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:26 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:26 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:26 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:22 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
7:25 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:27 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:30 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:27 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:25 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:24 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:25 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Johnson County were on the road by 7:25 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:23 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Johnson County now leave 13 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 Johnson County has moved 2 minutes earlier.
How does Johnson County's commute time compare?
Metric
Johnson County
Indiana
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
23.5 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
06:00 AM – 06:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
14.2%
10.7%
15.0%
Walked
0.9%
1.9%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Johnson County is 23.5 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Indiana.
0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Indiana. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 1.9% in Indiana.
Johnson County, IN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Johnson County, IN is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 166,315 residents against a local median of 72,659. Nothing separates Johnson County, IN sharply from the counties around it. Each measure below lands within 15% of the local median, close enough that the differences are within what survey sampling alone would produce.
The largest of those small differences is one-way commute, 4% above the local median at 23.5 min against 22.5 min. Johnson County, IN has the 4th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Johnson County, Indiana.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Johnson County, Indiana?
Commuters here spend an estimated 196 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,075 at a typical national wage. That's 11% more than the typical Indiana commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Johnson County, Indiana?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Johnson County, Indiana. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How much time do residents in Johnson County, Indiana save by working from home?
About 14.2% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Johnson County would save about 78 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,430 at the same national wage assumption used above.
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).