Lawrence County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Q: How much does the average commute cost workers in Lawrence County, Indiana?

Commuters here spend an estimated 187 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,792 at a typical national wage. That's 6% more than the typical Indiana commuter spends.

Q: When is rush hour worst in Lawrence County, Indiana?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Lawrence 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.

Q: How common is public transit use in Lawrence County, Indiana?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.6% in Indiana, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Q: Which counties in Indiana have the fastest and slowest commutes?

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).

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Commute Time Burden in Lawrence County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Lawrence County spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 187 hours, about 7.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 6% more time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 1.3 minutes.

Lawrence County holds about 0.7% of Indiana's population and accounts for roughly 0.7% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Lawrence County would save about 75 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,317 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)
Lawrence County	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,792	499
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

Lawrence County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 22.4 minutes to get to work in Lawrence County. That's about the same as the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 7.0% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Lawrence County

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

Public transit is essentially absent in Lawrence County, versus 0.6% in Indiana.

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

Biking is unusually rare in Lawrence County: 11.6 times less than the Indiana average (0.0% vs 0.4%).

Commute Mode Trends in Lawrence County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Lawrence 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	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	95.0%	3.0%	1.1%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2010	95.1%	2.4%	1.0%	0.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2011	94.6%	3.0%	1.1%	0.4%	0.6%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2012	94.5%	3.1%	1.0%	0.4%	0.7%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2013	94.8%	2.9%	1.1%	0.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2014	95.3%	2.5%	1.0%	0.3%	0.7%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2015	94.5%	3.3%	1.3%	0.4%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2016	95.1%	3.0%	1.2%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	95.2%	2.9%	1.2%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	95.3%	3.1%	1.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	94.5%	3.3%	1.2%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	92.8%	4.4%	1.9%	0.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	92.9%	4.3%	2.0%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	92.8%	4.4%	2.2%	0.6%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	91.5%	5.6%	2.2%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	90.4%	7.0%	2.3%	0.3%	0.0%	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 2014 at 95.3%. Overall it fell from 95.0% in 2009 to 90.4% in 2024, down 4.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Lawrence County: its share of workers rose from 3.0% in 2009 to 7.0% in 2024, up 4.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Commute Start Times in Lawrence County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Lawrence County?

The bars show when commuters in Lawrence 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		8.1%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		6.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.0%
6:30-6:59 AM		10.5%
7:00-7:29 AM		12.1%
7:30-7:59 AM		12.2%
8:00-8:29 AM		8.4%
8:30-8:59 AM		4.2%
9:00-9:59 AM		4.6%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.6%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.5%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.4%
4:00-11:59 PM		8.1%

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

The busiest time to head out in Lawrence County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 12.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.3% across Indiana. Early starts are more common than in Indiana: 19.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Indiana: 43.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.1%) 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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	Lawrence County	Indiana	United States
2009	7:24 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:23 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:26 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:28 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:32 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:29 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:29 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:31 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:31 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:25 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:26 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:29 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:28 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:26 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:27 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:27 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Lawrence County were on the road by 7:27 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:24 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Lawrence County now leave 10 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Lawrence County's commute time compare?

Metric	Lawrence County	Indiana	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	22.4 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	7.0%	10.7%	15.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.9%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Lawrence County is 22.4 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Indiana.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Indiana. 2.3% commute by walking, higher than the 1.9% in Indiana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Lawrence County, IN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

Lawrence County, IN is the 2nd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 45,100 residents against a local median of 19,767. Where Lawrence County, IN breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 19% below the local median of 8.6% at 7.0%.

One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 22.4 min against a local median of 26.5 min, 15% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 15% below the local median it puts Lawrence County, IN at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 9.8% on work from home, so Lawrence County, IN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Lawrence County, IN has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Lawrence County, IN	45,100	22.4 min #3/6	7.0% #5/6	7:27 AM #5/6
Orange County, IN	19,767	20.2 min	6.1%	7:09 AM
Monroe County, IN	140,965	16.9 min	15.9%	8:16 AM
Martin County, IN	9,829	26.5 min	8.6%	7:04 AM
Brown County, IN	15,606	32.6 min	13.6%	7:24 AM
Washington County, IN	28,212	27.4 min	7.3%	7:13 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Lawrence County, Indiana.

How much does the average commute cost workers in Lawrence County, Indiana?

Commuters here spend an estimated 187 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,792 at a typical national wage. That's 6% more than the typical Indiana commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in Lawrence County, Indiana?

Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Lawrence 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.

How common is public transit use in Lawrence County, Indiana?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 0.6% in Indiana, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Which counties in Indiana have the fastest and slowest commutes?

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).