Commuting in Pike 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 Pike County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Pike 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 220 hours, about 9.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 25% more time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 5.2 minutes.
Pike County holds about 0.2% of Indiana's population and accounts for roughly 0.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Pike County would save about 88 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,724 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)
Pike County
26.4 min
52.7 min
220 hrs/yr
$6,810
613
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
26.4
minutes to get to work in
Pike County.
That's 18% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 85% of counties in Indiana
The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.1% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Pike County
Car:
93.6%
Worked at Home:
5.1%
Walked:
0.9%
Other:
0.3%
Taxi:
0.2%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Pike County, versus 0.1% in Indiana.
Public transit is essentially absent in Pike County, versus 0.6% in Indiana.
Biking is essentially absent in Pike County, versus 0.4% in Indiana.
Commute Mode Trends in Pike County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Pike 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
Taxi
Public Transportation
Motorcycle
Bicycle
2009
96.3%
1.8%
0.9%
0.1%
0.0%
0.1%
0.4%
0.4%
2010
96.3%
1.6%
1.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.1%
0.2%
0.4%
2011
95.5%
1.9%
1.2%
0.4%
0.0%
0.5%
0.3%
0.3%
2012
94.5%
2.5%
1.7%
0.8%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2013
94.9%
2.2%
1.6%
0.9%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2014
94.9%
2.5%
1.3%
0.8%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2015
95.3%
2.5%
1.3%
0.6%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2016
96.4%
1.8%
0.9%
0.6%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
96.6%
1.7%
1.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2018
96.7%
1.7%
1.1%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019
95.5%
1.4%
1.8%
0.6%
0.0%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2020
95.0%
2.5%
1.6%
0.5%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
94.5%
2.9%
1.8%
0.3%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
92.9%
4.5%
1.7%
0.3%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
92.3%
4.6%
1.9%
0.1%
0.0%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
93.6%
5.1%
0.9%
0.3%
0.2%
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 2018 at 96.7% and lowest in 2023 at 92.3%. Overall it fell from 96.3% in 2009 to 93.6% in 2024, down 2.7 percentage points. It has risen in the latest release.
Working from home gained the most ground in Pike County: its share of workers rose from 1.8% in 2009 to 5.1% in 2024, up 3.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 3.7 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Public transit peaked at 1.1% in 2023 and has since fallen back to 0.0%.
Commute Start Times in Pike County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Pike County?
The bars show when commuters in Pike 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 AMPike County5.0%Indiana6.7%
5.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMPike County7.8%Indiana4.5%
7.8%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMPike County7.6%Indiana5.6%
7.6%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMPike County10.4%Indiana8.5%
10.4%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMPike County9.8%Indiana9.9%
9.8%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMPike County13.0%Indiana13.8%
13.0%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMPike County13.0%Indiana12.3%
13.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMPike County8.0%Indiana9.6%
8.0%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMPike County1.1%Indiana4.4%
1.1%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMPike County2.1%Indiana5.2%
2.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMPike County0.8%Indiana2.5%
0.8%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMPike County0.3%Indiana1.2%
0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMPike County8.6%Indiana7.5%
8.6%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMPike County12.4%Indiana8.0%
12.4%
Pike CountyIndianaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Pike County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 13.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.8% across Indiana. Early starts are more common than in Indiana: 20.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Indiana's: 43.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.2%) 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 Pike 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 Pike 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 Pike 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
Pike County
Indiana
United States
2009
7:09 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:13 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:08 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:09 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:13 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:15 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:15 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:19 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:17 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:20 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:19 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:17 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:17 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:15 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:15 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:22 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Pike County were on the road by 7:22 AM, 12 minutes later than in 2009 (7:09 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Pike County now leave 16 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 Pike County has moved 3 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Pike County in the whole series.
How does Pike County's commute time compare?
Metric
Pike County
Indiana
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
26.4 min
21.1 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
5.1%
10.7%
15.0%
Walked
0.9%
1.9%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Pike County is 26.4 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Indiana.
0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Indiana. 0.9% commute by walking, lower than the 1.9% in Indiana.
Pike County, IN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Pike County, IN is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 12,154 residents against a local median of 35,997. Pike County, IN's one-way commute, at 26.4 min, runs 58% above the 16.7 min typical of the counties around it. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 5.4 min on one-way commute, so Pike County, IN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Pike County, IN has the 6th lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Pike County, Indiana.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Pike County, Indiana?
Commuters here spend an estimated 220 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,810 at a typical national wage. That's 25% more than the typical Indiana commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Pike County, Indiana?
Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Pike County, Indiana. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Pike County, Indiana?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% 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).