Commuting in Marshall 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 Marshall County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Marshall County spend about 36 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 152 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 14% less time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 2.9 minutes.
Marshall County holds about 0.7% of Indiana's population but accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Marshall County would save about 61 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,884 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)
Marshall County
18.2 min
36.5 min
152 hrs/yr
$4,710
851
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
18.2
minutes to get to work in
Marshall County.
That's 19% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 75% of counties in Indiana
The most common departure window is 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.8% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Marshall County
Car:
87.0%
Worked at Home:
5.8%
Walked:
3.3%
Bicycle:
2.3%unusually high
Other:
1.3%
Taxi:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Marshall County: 7.7 times less than the Indiana average (0.1% vs 0.6%).
Biking is unusually common in Marshall County: 6.0 times more than the Indiana average (2.3% vs 0.4%).
Commute Mode Trends in Marshall County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Marshall 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
Bicycle
Other
Taxi
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
2009
92.8%
2.7%
2.5%
1.1%
0.6%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2010
91.6%
3.0%
2.8%
1.4%
0.8%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2011
91.4%
2.9%
3.2%
1.3%
0.8%
0.0%
0.3%
0.1%
2012
91.1%
2.6%
3.4%
1.7%
0.7%
0.0%
0.3%
0.2%
2013
91.1%
2.9%
3.1%
1.7%
0.7%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2014
91.2%
2.9%
3.0%
1.9%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.2%
2015
91.1%
3.0%
2.9%
1.8%
0.7%
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
2016
90.9%
2.8%
3.1%
1.9%
0.8%
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
2017
90.8%
3.5%
2.6%
1.7%
0.8%
0.1%
0.4%
0.1%
2018
90.9%
3.3%
2.4%
1.9%
0.8%
0.1%
0.5%
0.1%
2019
90.5%
3.4%
2.3%
2.0%
1.0%
0.1%
0.5%
0.1%
2020
90.4%
3.3%
2.0%
2.5%
1.3%
0.1%
0.4%
0.0%
2021
89.5%
4.6%
1.9%
2.3%
1.3%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2022
88.7%
4.3%
2.7%
2.4%
1.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
87.9%
5.2%
3.0%
1.9%
1.6%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2024
87.0%
5.8%
3.3%
2.3%
1.3%
0.2%
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 92.8% in 2009 to 87.0% in 2024, down 5.8 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Marshall County: its share of workers rose from 2.7% in 2009 to 5.8% in 2024, up 3.1 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Commute Start Times in Marshall County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Marshall County?
The bars show when commuters in Marshall 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 AMMarshall County12.6%Indiana6.7%
12.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMarshall County7.4%Indiana4.5%
7.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMarshall County7.8%Indiana5.6%
7.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMarshall County8.4%Indiana8.5%
8.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMarshall County7.9%Indiana9.9%
7.9%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMarshall County12.6%Indiana13.8%
12.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMarshall County10.9%Indiana12.3%
10.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMarshall County7.2%Indiana9.6%
7.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMarshall County3.3%Indiana4.4%
3.3%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMarshall County4.5%Indiana5.2%
4.5%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMarshall County2.1%Indiana2.5%
2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMarshall County1.7%Indiana1.2%
1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMarshall County5.7%Indiana7.5%
5.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMarshall County7.8%Indiana8.0%
7.8%
Marshall CountyIndianaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Marshall County is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 12.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 6.7% across Indiana. Early starts are more common than in Indiana: 27.8% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Indiana: 38.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (21.8%) 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 Marshall 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 Marshall 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 Marshall 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
Marshall County
Indiana
United States
2009
7:20 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:19 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:22 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:22 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:25 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:27 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:27 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:28 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:27 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:21 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:18 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:16 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:15 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:15 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:19 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:14 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Marshall County were on the road by 7:14 AM, 6 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:20 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Marshall County now leave 24 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 Marshall County has moved 4 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Marshall County in the whole series.
How does Marshall County's commute time compare?
Metric
Marshall County
Indiana
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.2 min
21.1 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
12:00 AM – 04:59 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
5.8%
10.7%
15.0%
Walked
3.3%
1.9%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Marshall County is 18.2 minutes, shorter than the 21.1 minutes in Indiana.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Indiana. 3.3% commute by walking, higher than the 1.9% in Indiana.
Marshall County, IN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Marshall County, IN is the 4th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 46,284 residents against a local median of 80,442. Marshall County, IN sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.
The largest of those small differences is work from home, 13% above the local median at 5.8% against 5.1%. Marshall County, IN has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Marshall County, Indiana.
Is living in Marshall County, Indiana good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 152 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,710 at a typical national wage. That's 14% less than the typical Indiana commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Marshall County, Indiana?
Traffic peaks between 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM in Marshall 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.
Do people use public transit in Marshall 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.
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).