Commuting in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Montgomery 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 150 hours, about 6.3 full days, spent commuting. That is 15% less time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 3.1 minutes.
Montgomery County holds about 0.6% of Indiana's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Montgomery County would save about 60 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,860 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)
Montgomery County
18.0 min
36.0 min
150 hrs/yr
$4,651
637
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
18.0
minutes to get to work in
Montgomery County.
That's 20% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 77% of counties in Indiana
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 7.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Montgomery County
Car:
88.4%
Worked at Home:
7.4%
Walked:
3.2%
Other:
0.6%
Public Transportation:
0.2%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public transit is unusually rare in Montgomery County: 3.4 times less than the Indiana average (0.2% vs 0.6%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Montgomery County, versus 0.1% in Indiana.
Biking is unusually rare in Montgomery County: 6.4 times less than the Indiana average (0.1% vs 0.4%).
Commute Mode Trends in Montgomery County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Montgomery 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
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Taxi
2009
90.8%
3.6%
4.3%
0.7%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
2010
90.0%
3.7%
5.1%
0.6%
0.0%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
2011
91.1%
3.3%
4.4%
0.4%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
2012
91.2%
3.9%
3.8%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.2%
2013
91.7%
3.9%
3.5%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
2014
91.4%
3.2%
4.0%
0.4%
0.2%
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
2015
92.4%
2.4%
4.0%
0.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.4%
0.1%
2016
92.3%
2.5%
4.2%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
2017
92.2%
2.6%
4.0%
0.3%
0.4%
0.2%
0.3%
0.0%
2018
93.0%
2.8%
3.1%
0.2%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2019
93.0%
3.0%
3.1%
0.2%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
2020
91.7%
4.5%
3.0%
0.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2021
90.2%
5.4%
3.3%
0.3%
0.6%
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
2022
89.9%
6.1%
3.1%
0.3%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
88.7%
7.0%
3.5%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
2024
88.4%
7.4%
3.2%
0.6%
0.2%
0.1%
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 2018 at 93.0%. Overall it fell from 90.8% in 2009 to 88.4% in 2024, down 2.4 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Montgomery County: its share of workers rose from 3.6% in 2009 to 7.4% in 2024, up 3.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 4.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 4.3% to 3.2% of workers (down 1.1 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Montgomery County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Montgomery County?
The bars show when commuters in Montgomery 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 AMMontgomery County3.8%Indiana6.7%
3.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMMontgomery County5.9%Indiana4.5%
5.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMMontgomery County6.8%Indiana5.6%
6.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMMontgomery County9.2%Indiana8.5%
9.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMMontgomery County11.5%Indiana9.9%
11.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMMontgomery County12.5%Indiana13.8%
12.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMMontgomery County14.5%Indiana12.3%
14.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMMontgomery County6.9%Indiana9.6%
6.9%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMMontgomery County3.2%Indiana4.4%
3.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMMontgomery County4.2%Indiana5.2%
4.2%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMMontgomery County2.2%Indiana2.5%
2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMMontgomery County0.9%Indiana1.2%
0.9%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMMontgomery County7.1%Indiana7.5%
7.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMMontgomery County11.3%Indiana8.0%
11.3%
Montgomery CountyIndianaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Montgomery County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 14.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.3% across Indiana. Early starts are about as common as in Indiana: 16.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Indiana's: 45.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.6%) 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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
Montgomery County
Indiana
United States
2009
7:29 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:33 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:33 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:34 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:31 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:32 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:34 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:34 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:33 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:35 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:34 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:31 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:32 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:30 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:30 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Montgomery County were on the road by 7:30 AM, 2 minutes later than in 2009 (7:29 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Montgomery County now leave 7 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 Montgomery County has moved 2 minutes earlier.
How does Montgomery County's commute time compare?
Metric
Montgomery County
Indiana
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.0 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
7.4%
10.7%
15.0%
Walked
3.2%
1.9%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.2%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Montgomery County is 18.0 minutes, shorter than the 21.1 minutes in Indiana.
0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Indiana. 3.2% commute by walking, higher than the 1.9% in Indiana.
Montgomery County, IN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Montgomery County, IN is typical in size for this group, 38,312 residents against a local median of 37,280, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. The measure that sets Montgomery County, IN apart most is work from home: 7.4%, 33% below the local median of 11.1%.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 18.0 min against a local median of 22.5 min, 20% below it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 20% below the local median it puts Montgomery County, IN at the better end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 14.4% on work from home, so Montgomery County, IN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Montgomery County, IN has the 5th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Montgomery County, Indiana.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Montgomery County, Indiana?
Commuters here spend an estimated 150 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,651 at a typical national wage. That's 15% less than the typical Indiana commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Montgomery County, Indiana?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Montgomery 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.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Montgomery County, Indiana?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% 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).