Commuting in Newton 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 Newton County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Newton County spend about 57 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 237 hours, about 9.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 35% more time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 7.3 minutes.
Newton County holds about 0.2% of Indiana's population but accounts for roughly 0.3% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Newton County would save about 95 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,935 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)
Newton County
28.4 min
56.8 min
237 hrs/yr
$7,338
500
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
28.4
minutes to get to work in
Newton County.
That's 27% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 90% 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 8.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Newton County
Car:
88.2%
Worked at Home:
8.6%
Public Transportation:
1.4%
Walked:
1.1%
Other:
0.5%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Newton County, versus 0.1% in Indiana.
Biking is essentially absent in Newton County, versus 0.4% in Indiana.
Commute Mode Trends in Newton County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Newton 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
Public Transportation
Walked
Other
Motorcycle
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
93.8%
3.4%
0.7%
1.8%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2010
93.3%
3.3%
0.8%
2.2%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2011
94.5%
2.9%
0.6%
1.1%
0.4%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
2012
93.8%
3.4%
0.9%
0.9%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
2013
93.4%
3.6%
1.3%
1.1%
0.3%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
92.6%
2.7%
1.1%
1.1%
2.1%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
2015
92.7%
2.1%
1.1%
0.9%
2.9%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2016
93.3%
1.9%
1.0%
0.9%
2.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2017
93.3%
1.1%
0.4%
1.3%
3.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2018
94.5%
1.5%
0.1%
1.2%
2.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2019
94.6%
2.3%
0.5%
1.5%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2020
93.4%
3.6%
0.5%
1.7%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2021
92.5%
4.8%
0.5%
1.4%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2022
92.3%
6.0%
0.5%
1.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
90.5%
6.4%
1.8%
1.1%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
88.2%
8.6%
1.4%
1.1%
0.5%
0.2%
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 2019 at 94.6%. Overall it fell from 93.8% in 2009 to 88.2% in 2024, down 5.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Newton County: its share of workers rose from 3.4% in 2009 to 8.6% in 2024, up 5.2 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.3 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.8% to 1.1% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Newton County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Newton County?
The bars show when commuters in Newton 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 AMNewton County15.7%Indiana6.7%
15.7%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMNewton County7.0%Indiana4.5%
7.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMNewton County9.5%Indiana5.6%
9.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMNewton County10.7%Indiana8.5%
10.7%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMNewton County10.0%Indiana9.9%
10.0%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMNewton County15.2%Indiana13.8%
15.2%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMNewton County7.5%Indiana12.3%
7.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMNewton County4.8%Indiana9.6%
4.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMNewton County2.2%Indiana4.4%
2.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMNewton County4.7%Indiana5.2%
4.7%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMNewton County1.1%Indiana2.5%
1.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMNewton County1.8%Indiana1.2%
1.8%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMNewton County5.7%Indiana7.5%
5.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMNewton County4.1%Indiana8.0%
4.1%
Newton CountyIndianaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Newton County is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 15.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 6.7% across Indiana. Early starts are more common than in Indiana: 32.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Indiana: 37.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 6 commuters (17.4%) 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 Newton 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 Newton 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 Newton 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
Newton County
Indiana
United States
2009
7:03 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2010
6:57 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:04 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:00 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2013
6:56 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2014
6:58 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:00 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:03 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:03 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
6:58 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
6:55 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2020
6:48 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
6:38 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2022
6:45 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
6:48 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
6:51 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Newton County were on the road by 6:51 AM, 12 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:03 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Newton County now leave 47 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 Newton County has moved 4 minutes earlier.
How does Newton County's commute time compare?
Metric
Newton County
Indiana
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
28.4 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
8.6%
10.7%
15.0%
Walked
1.1%
1.9%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.4%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Newton County is 28.4 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Indiana.
1.4% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.6% in Indiana. 1.1% commute by walking, lower than the 1.9% in Indiana.
Newton County, IN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Newton County, IN is the 5th largest of the 6 counties compared here, 13,922 residents against a local median of 33,234. Where Newton County, IN breaks from the counties next to it is one-way commute, sitting 20% above the local median of 23.7 min at 28.4 min. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 6.4 min on one-way commute, so Newton County, IN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Newton County, IN has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Newton County, Indiana.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Newton County, Indiana?
Commuters here spend an estimated 237 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $7,338 at a typical national wage. That's 35% more than the typical Indiana commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Newton County, Indiana?
Traffic peaks between 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM in Newton 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.
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).