Switzerland County Commute Time Map & Patterns

Commute Time Burden in Switzerland County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Switzerland County spend about 63 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 262 hours, about 10.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 49% more time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 10.4 minutes.

Switzerland 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 Switzerland County would save about 105 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,253 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)
Switzerland County	31.5 min	63.0 min	262 hrs/yr	$8,133	502
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 31.5 minutes to get to work in Switzerland County. That's 40% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

Among the 5 slowest counties in Indiana

The most common departure window is 05:00 AM – 05:29 AM, followed by 06:00 AM – 06:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.9% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Switzerland County

• Car: 90.5%
• Worked at Home: 5.9%
• Bicycle: 1.6% unusually high
• Walked: 1.5%
• Other: 0.5%
• Motorcycle: < 0.1% unusually low
• Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
• Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

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

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

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

Biking is unusually common in Switzerland County: 4.3 times more than the Indiana average (1.6% vs 0.4%).

Commute Mode Trends in Switzerland County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Switzerland 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
• Bicycle
• Walked
• Other
• Public Transportation
• Taxi
• Motorcycle

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Bicycle	Walked	Other	Public Transportation	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	90.1%	5.8%	0.0%	3.6%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2010	89.9%	5.6%	0.0%	3.3%	1.0%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2011	90.3%	5.6%	0.0%	3.0%	0.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	90.1%	6.4%	0.0%	1.9%	0.9%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%
2013	91.7%	5.0%	0.0%	1.2%	1.2%	0.6%	0.0%	0.3%
2014	91.3%	5.8%	0.0%	1.1%	1.0%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%
2015	92.5%	5.3%	0.0%	0.9%	0.7%	0.4%	0.0%	0.3%
2016	91.8%	5.5%	0.0%	1.0%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%
2017	92.0%	5.7%	0.0%	1.2%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2018	93.2%	4.6%	0.0%	1.3%	0.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	94.1%	3.6%	0.0%	1.2%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	94.5%	2.8%	0.0%	1.3%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	94.7%	2.4%	0.0%	1.4%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	91.8%	4.6%	1.1%	1.6%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	92.2%	3.9%	1.4%	1.7%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	90.5%	5.9%	1.6%	1.5%	0.5%	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 2021 at 94.7% and lowest in 2010 at 89.9%. Overall it held roughly steady, at 90.1% in 2009 and 90.5% in 2024. It has fallen in the latest release.

Biking gained the most ground in Switzerland County: its share of workers rose from 0.0% in 2009 to 1.6% in 2024, up 1.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 1.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.6% to 1.5% of workers (down 2.1 percentage points).

Commute Start Times in Switzerland County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Switzerland County?

The bars show when commuters in Switzerland 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 Switzerland County7.8% Indiana6.7%	7.8%
5:00-5:29 AM	5:00-5:29 AM Switzerland County13.7% Indiana4.5%	13.7%
5:30-5:59 AM	5:30-5:59 AM Switzerland County6.8% Indiana5.6%	6.8%
6:00-6:29 AM	6:00-6:29 AM Switzerland County11.9% Indiana8.5%	11.9%
6:30-6:59 AM	6:30-6:59 AM Switzerland County10.6% Indiana9.9%	10.6%
7:00-7:29 AM	7:00-7:29 AM Switzerland County11.8% Indiana13.8%	11.8%
7:30-7:59 AM	7:30-7:59 AM Switzerland County7.0% Indiana12.3%	7.0%
8:00-8:29 AM	8:00-8:29 AM Switzerland County5.1% Indiana9.6%	5.1%
8:30-8:59 AM	8:30-8:59 AM Switzerland County2.0% Indiana4.4%	2.0%
9:00-9:59 AM	9:00-9:59 AM Switzerland County2.0% Indiana5.2%	2.0%
10:00-10:59 AM	10:00-10:59 AM Switzerland County1.3% Indiana2.5%	1.3%
11:00-11:59 AM	11:00-11:59 AM Switzerland County2.2% Indiana1.2%	2.2%
12:00-3:59 PM	12:00-3:59 PM Switzerland County7.2% Indiana7.5%	7.2%
4:00-11:59 PM	4:00-11:59 PM Switzerland County10.5% Indiana8.0%	10.5%

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

The busiest time to head out in Switzerland County is 5:00-5:29 AM, when 13.7% of commuters leave home, compared with 4.5% across Indiana. Early starts are more common than in Indiana: 28.4% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Indiana: 34.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (23.2%) 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 Switzerland 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 Switzerland 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 Switzerland 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.

• Switzerland County
• Indiana
• United States

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Switzerland County	Indiana	United States
2009	7:19 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:10 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:26 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:21 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:23 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:21 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:22 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:16 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:18 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:09 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:26 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:27 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:15 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:12 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:10 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	6:58 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Switzerland County were on the road by 6:58 AM, 21 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:19 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Switzerland County now leave 40 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 Switzerland County has moved 28 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for Switzerland County in the whole series.

How does Switzerland County's commute time compare?

Metric	Switzerland County	Indiana	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	31.5 min	21.1 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	05:00 AM – 05:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	06:00 AM – 06:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	5.9%	10.7%	15.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.9%	2.4%
Public Transit	< 0.1%	0.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in Switzerland County is 31.5 minutes, longer than the 21.1 minutes in Indiana.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.6% in Indiana. 1.5% commute by walking, lower than the 1.9% in Indiana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau