Commuting in Vermillion 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 Vermillion County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Vermillion County spend about 50 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 208 hours, about 8.7 full days, spent commuting. That is 18% more time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 3.9 minutes.
Vermillion 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 Vermillion County would save about 83 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,584 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)
Vermillion County
25.0 min
50.0 min
208 hrs/yr
$6,460
836
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
25.0
minutes to get to work in
Vermillion County.
That's 12% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Slower than 76% of counties in Indiana
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.4% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Vermillion County
Car:
89.7%
Worked at Home:
9.4%
Walked:
0.9%
Other:
< 0.1%
Public Transportation:
< 0.1%unusually low
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Riding a motorcycle is unusually rare in Vermillion County: 5.1 times less than the Indiana average (0.0% vs 0.1%).
Public transit is unusually rare in Vermillion County: 41.3 times less than the Indiana average (0.0% vs 0.6%).
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Vermillion County, versus 0.1% in Indiana.
Biking is essentially absent in Vermillion County, versus 0.4% in Indiana.
Commute Mode Trends in Vermillion County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Vermillion 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
Public Transportation
Taxi
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Other
2009
95.8%
2.4%
1.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2010
96.1%
2.4%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
2011
96.5%
2.4%
0.9%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2012
95.7%
2.3%
1.6%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
2013
94.9%
2.6%
2.1%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
2014
94.3%
2.5%
2.2%
0.7%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
2015
94.2%
2.4%
2.1%
0.8%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.4%
2016
94.3%
2.1%
2.3%
0.7%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.5%
2017
93.5%
2.7%
2.6%
0.7%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
2018
93.8%
2.4%
2.7%
0.7%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
2019
93.9%
3.0%
2.2%
0.6%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.1%
2020
90.2%
6.4%
2.4%
0.8%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
90.7%
6.5%
2.0%
0.7%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2022
90.4%
7.6%
1.2%
0.7%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
90.2%
8.4%
0.6%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
89.7%
9.4%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
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 peaked in 2011 at 96.5%. Overall it fell from 95.8% in 2009 to 89.7% in 2024, down 6.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 3 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Vermillion County: its share of workers rose from 2.4% in 2009 to 9.4% in 2024, up 7.0 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 1.5% to 0.9% of workers (down 0.6 percentage points).
Commute Start Times in Vermillion County
🛌Hitting SnoozeThe 2nd-biggest shift to later mornings among Indiana's 92 counties: the typical start is 15 minutes later than in 2009.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Vermillion County?
The bars show when commuters in Vermillion 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 AMVermillion County9.6%Indiana6.7%
9.6%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMVermillion County5.4%Indiana4.5%
5.4%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMVermillion County2.2%Indiana5.6%
2.2%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMVermillion County9.5%Indiana8.5%
9.5%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMVermillion County11.7%Indiana9.9%
11.7%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMVermillion County11.1%Indiana13.8%
11.1%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMVermillion County16.1%Indiana12.3%
16.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMVermillion County6.8%Indiana9.6%
6.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMVermillion County2.8%Indiana4.4%
2.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMVermillion County2.3%Indiana5.2%
2.3%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMVermillion County2.4%Indiana2.5%
2.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMVermillion County1.6%Indiana1.2%
1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMVermillion County8.1%Indiana7.5%
8.1%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMVermillion County10.5%Indiana8.0%
10.5%
Vermillion CountyIndianaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Vermillion County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 16.1% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.3% across Indiana. Early starts are about as common as in Indiana: 17.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Indiana's: 45.7% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (24.9%) 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 Vermillion 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 Vermillion 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 Vermillion 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
Vermillion County
Indiana
United States
2009
7:16 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:17 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:24 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:34 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:39 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:34 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:31 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:27 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:25 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:25 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
7:27 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:26 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:35 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:31 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Vermillion County were on the road by 7:31 AM, 15 minutes later than in 2009 (7:16 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Vermillion 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 Vermillion County has moved 5 minutes later.
How does Vermillion County's commute time compare?
Metric
Vermillion County
Indiana
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
25.0 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
06:30 AM – 06:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
9.4%
10.7%
15.0%
Walked
0.9%
1.9%
2.4%
Public Transit
< 0.1%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Vermillion County is 25.0 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.
Vermillion County, IN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Vermillion County, IN is typical in size for this group, 15,421 residents against a local median of 16,615, so the measures below are close to a like for like comparison. Vermillion County, IN's work from home, at 9.4%, runs 63% above the 5.7% typical of the counties around it.
One-way commute tells the same story from another angle: 25.0 min against a local median of 16.9 min, 48% above it. The one measure here that carries a verdict is one-way commute, and at 48% above the local median it puts Vermillion County, IN at the weaker end of the local range. The counties themselves spread 7.3% on work from home, so Vermillion County, IN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Vermillion County, IN has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Vermillion County, Indiana.
Is commuting expensive in Vermillion County, Indiana?
Commuters here spend an estimated 208 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $6,460 at a typical national wage. That's 18% more than the typical Indiana commuter spends.
What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Vermillion County, Indiana?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Vermillion 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.
Do people use public transit in Vermillion 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.
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).