Commuting in Noble 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 Noble County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Noble 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 186 hours, about 7.7 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 1.2 minutes.
Noble 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 Noble County would save about 74 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,304 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)
Noble County
22.3 min
44.6 min
186 hrs/yr
$5,761
1,447
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
22.3
minutes to get to work in
Noble County.
That's 1% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.6% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Noble County
Car:
91.4%
Worked at Home:
4.6%
Walked:
1.7%
Other:
1.2%
Bicycle:
0.5%
Taxi:
0.4%
Public Transportation:
0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Public transit is unusually rare in Noble County: 4.8 times less than the Indiana average (0.1% vs 0.6%).
Commute Mode Trends in Noble County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Noble 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
Bicycle
Taxi
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
2009
92.1%
3.0%
3.3%
0.7%
0.4%
0.0%
0.3%
0.3%
2010
92.2%
2.7%
3.5%
0.7%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.5%
2011
91.6%
3.0%
3.4%
0.7%
0.5%
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
2012
90.6%
3.5%
3.6%
1.0%
0.7%
0.0%
0.1%
0.5%
2013
92.0%
3.3%
2.2%
1.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.1%
0.4%
2014
92.7%
3.1%
2.2%
1.1%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2015
93.3%
2.9%
1.8%
1.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
2016
93.8%
2.9%
1.7%
0.8%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2017
94.4%
2.4%
1.9%
0.7%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2018
93.9%
2.7%
1.7%
0.9%
0.3%
0.0%
0.1%
0.4%
2019
93.5%
3.1%
1.5%
0.8%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.4%
2020
93.1%
3.7%
1.2%
1.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
2021
92.2%
4.2%
1.3%
1.3%
0.3%
0.1%
0.4%
0.3%
2022
91.5%
4.7%
1.5%
1.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.3%
0.3%
2023
91.4%
4.9%
1.5%
1.1%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
2024
91.4%
4.6%
1.7%
1.2%
0.5%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2017 at 94.4% and lowest in 2012 at 90.6%. Overall it fell from 92.1% in 2009 to 91.4% in 2024, down 0.7 percentage points.
Working from home gained the most ground in Noble County: its share of workers rose from 3.0% in 2009 to 4.6% in 2024, up 1.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.3% to 1.7% of workers (down 1.6 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2013 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Noble County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Noble County?
The bars show when commuters in Noble 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 AMNoble County17.2%Indiana6.7%
17.2%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMNoble County7.3%Indiana4.5%
7.3%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMNoble County6.0%Indiana5.6%
6.0%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMNoble County9.5%Indiana8.5%
9.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMNoble County11.8%Indiana9.9%
11.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMNoble County11.5%Indiana13.8%
11.5%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMNoble County9.1%Indiana12.3%
9.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMNoble County5.8%Indiana9.6%
5.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMNoble County2.2%Indiana4.4%
2.2%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMNoble County2.1%Indiana5.2%
2.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMNoble County1.0%Indiana2.5%
1.0%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMNoble County1.6%Indiana1.2%
1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMNoble County6.3%Indiana7.5%
6.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMNoble County8.7%Indiana8.0%
8.7%
Noble CountyIndianaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Noble County is 12:00-4:59 AM, when 17.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 6.7% across Indiana. Early starts are more common than in Indiana: 30.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Indiana: 38.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.6%) 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 Noble 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 Noble 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 Noble 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
Noble County
Indiana
United States
2009
7:18 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:15 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:14 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:11 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:10 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:14 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:14 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:16 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:12 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:09 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:05 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2020
6:57 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
6:55 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2022
6:59 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
6:55 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
6:56 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Noble County were on the road by 6:56 AM, 22 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:18 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Noble County now leave 42 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 Noble County has moved 9 minutes earlier.
How does Noble County's commute time compare?
Metric
Noble County
Indiana
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
22.3 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
06:30 AM – 06:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
4.6%
10.7%
15.0%
Walked
1.7%
1.9%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.1%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Noble County is 22.3 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Indiana.
0.1% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Indiana. 1.7% commute by walking, lower than the 1.9% in Indiana.
Noble County, IN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Noble County, IN is typical in size for this group, 47,495 residents against a local median of 43,807, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Where Noble County, IN breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 47% below the local median of 8.6% at 4.6%.
The counties themselves spread 4.3% on work from home, so Noble County, IN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Noble County, IN has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Noble County, Indiana.
Is living in Noble County, Indiana good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 186 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,761 at a typical national wage. That's 6% more than the typical Indiana commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Noble County, Indiana?
Traffic peaks between 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM in Noble County, Indiana. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Noble 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.
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).