Martin County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Martin County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Martin County spend about 53 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 221 hours, about 9.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 26% more time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 5.4 minutes.

Martin County holds about 0.1% of Indiana's population but accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Martin County would save about 88 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,740 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)
Martin County	26.5 min	53.0 min	221 hrs/yr	$6,849	743
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.

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On average, it takes 26.5 minutes to get to work in Martin County. That's 18% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Slower than 87% of counties in Indiana

The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 05:30 AM – 05:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 8.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Martin County

• Car: 89.4%
• Worked at Home: 8.6%
• Other: 1.4%
• Walked: 0.5% unusually low
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low
• Bicycle: < 0.1% unusually low

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

Walking is unusually rare in Martin County: 3.5 times less than the Indiana average (0.5% vs 1.9%).

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

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

Biking is essentially absent in Martin County, versus 0.4% in Indiana.

Few people walk or bike to work in Martin County: just 0.5%, 4.2 times below the Indiana average of 2.3%.

Commute Mode Trends in Martin County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Martin 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.

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• Worked at Home
• Other
• Walked
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Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle	Bicycle
2009	93.8%	3.0%	1.0%	0.7%	0.6%	0.0%	0.7%	0.2%
2010	94.6%	2.1%	0.9%	1.3%	0.4%	0.0%	0.6%	0.2%
2011	95.1%	1.3%	1.1%	2.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2012	96.0%	1.5%	0.4%	1.9%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	94.7%	2.1%	0.7%	2.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2014	94.3%	1.3%	1.0%	2.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2015	93.1%	2.8%	1.3%	2.3%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2016	92.0%	4.0%	1.2%	2.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%	0.0%
2017	90.3%	4.6%	1.3%	3.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2018	89.0%	6.1%	0.5%	4.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	89.0%	7.5%	0.7%	2.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	89.5%	8.0%	0.4%	2.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	89.4%	7.7%	0.4%	2.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	90.3%	7.6%	0.7%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	88.8%	8.8%	1.6%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	89.4%	8.6%	1.4%	0.5%	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 was highest in 2012 at 96.0% and lowest in 2023 at 88.8%. Overall it fell from 93.8% in 2009 to 89.4% in 2024, down 4.4 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in Martin County: its share of workers rose from 3.0% in 2009 to 8.6% in 2024, up 5.6 percentage points.

Riding a motorcycle lost the most ground, falling from 0.7% to 0.0% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Walking peaked at 4.1% in 2018 and has since fallen back to 0.5%.

Commute Start Times in Martin County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Martin County?

The bars show when commuters in Martin 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 AM Martin County7.1% Indiana6.7%	7.1%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Martin County9.9% Indiana4.5%	9.9%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Martin County13.0% Indiana5.6%	13.0%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Martin County10.5% Indiana8.5%	10.5%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Martin County8.2% Indiana9.9%	8.2%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Martin County10.2% Indiana13.8%	10.2%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Martin County13.6% Indiana12.3%	13.6%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Martin County7.7% Indiana9.6%	7.7%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Martin County2.2% Indiana4.4%	2.2%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Martin County3.1% Indiana5.2%	3.1%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Martin County1.6% Indiana2.5%	1.6%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Martin County0.6% Indiana1.2%	0.6%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Martin County7.4% Indiana7.5%	7.4%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Martin County4.9% Indiana8.0%	4.9%

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

The busiest time to head out in Martin County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 13.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.3% across Indiana. Early starts are more common than in Indiana: 30.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Indiana: 39.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.6%) 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 Martin 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 Martin 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 Martin 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.

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• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Martin County	Indiana	United States
2009	6:49 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2010	6:53 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:00 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2012	6:56 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:11 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:03 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2015	6:59 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	6:52 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	6:57 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	6:49 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	6:52 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2020	6:43 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	6:49 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2022	6:41 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	6:39 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:04 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Martin County were on the road by 7:04 AM, 15 minutes later than in 2009 (6:49 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Martin County now leave 34 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 Martin County has moved 12 minutes later.

How does Martin County's commute time compare?

Metric	Martin County	Indiana	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	26.5 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	05:30 AM – 05:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	8.6%	10.7%	15.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.9%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Martin County is 26.5 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Indiana.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Indiana. 0.5% commute by walking, lower than the 1.9% in Indiana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau