Commuting in Vigo 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 Vigo County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Vigo County spend about 34 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 141 hours, about 5.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 20% less time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 4.2 minutes.
Vigo County holds about 1.6% of Indiana's population but accounts for roughly 1.2% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Vigo County would save about 56 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,748 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)
Vigo County
16.9 min
33.8 min
141 hrs/yr
$4,369
860
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
16.9
minutes to get to work in
Vigo County.
That's 25% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 90% of counties in Indiana
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 5.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Vigo County
Car:
89.4%
Worked at Home:
5.5%
Walked:
2.9%
Public Transportation:
0.8%
Other:
0.7%
Bicycle:
0.5%
Motorcycle:
< 0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is unusually rare in Vigo County: 4.6 times less than the Indiana average (0.0% vs 0.1%).
Commute Mode Trends in Vigo County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Vigo 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
Other
Bicycle
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
91.3%
2.7%
3.7%
0.6%
1.0%
0.6%
0.3%
0.0%
2010
91.5%
2.5%
3.7%
0.7%
0.7%
0.6%
0.3%
0.0%
2011
91.9%
2.1%
3.7%
0.7%
0.8%
0.5%
0.3%
0.0%
2012
91.9%
1.8%
3.9%
0.6%
1.1%
0.5%
0.2%
0.0%
2013
91.8%
2.0%
3.9%
0.7%
1.0%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
2014
92.1%
1.7%
3.5%
1.1%
0.9%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
2015
92.5%
1.9%
3.3%
1.0%
0.8%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
2016
91.8%
2.5%
3.0%
1.0%
0.9%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
2017
91.5%
2.9%
3.1%
1.2%
0.7%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
2018
91.4%
2.9%
3.5%
1.1%
0.7%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
2019
90.7%
2.9%
4.1%
0.8%
0.8%
0.5%
0.2%
0.1%
2020
89.8%
3.3%
4.4%
0.9%
1.0%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
2021
90.1%
3.0%
4.7%
0.8%
0.7%
0.5%
0.1%
0.1%
2022
89.4%
4.1%
4.1%
0.8%
0.9%
0.4%
0.1%
0.1%
2023
89.1%
4.8%
3.6%
0.9%
0.9%
0.6%
0.1%
0.1%
2024
89.4%
5.5%
2.9%
0.8%
0.7%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2015 at 92.5% and lowest in 2023 at 89.1%. Overall it fell from 91.3% in 2009 to 89.4% in 2024, down 1.9 percentage points.
Working from home gained the most ground in Vigo County: its share of workers rose from 2.7% in 2009 to 5.5% in 2024, up 2.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.6 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 3.7% to 2.9% of workers (down 0.8 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2023 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Vigo County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Vigo County?
The bars show when commuters in Vigo 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 AMVigo County5.0%Indiana6.7%
5.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMVigo County3.9%Indiana4.5%
3.9%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMVigo County4.5%Indiana5.6%
4.5%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMVigo County7.2%Indiana8.5%
7.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMVigo County9.5%Indiana9.9%
9.5%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMVigo County10.6%Indiana13.8%
10.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMVigo County15.5%Indiana12.3%
15.5%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMVigo County9.3%Indiana9.6%
9.3%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMVigo County3.5%Indiana4.4%
3.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMVigo County5.9%Indiana5.2%
5.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMVigo County3.1%Indiana2.5%
3.1%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMVigo County1.7%Indiana1.2%
1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMVigo County8.7%Indiana7.5%
8.7%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMVigo County11.6%Indiana8.0%
11.6%
Vigo CountyIndianaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Vigo County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 15.5% of commuters leave home, compared with 12.3% across Indiana. Early starts are less common than in Indiana: 13.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush looks much like Indiana's: 44.9% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 3 commuters (31.0%) 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 Vigo 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 Vigo 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 Vigo 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
Vigo County
Indiana
United States
2009
7:45 AM
7:31 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:46 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:46 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:45 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:44 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:45 AM
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:45 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:46 AM
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:47 AM
7:33 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:49 AM
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:49 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:48 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:51 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:51 AM
7:32 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:49 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:48 AM
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Vigo County were on the road by 7:48 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:45 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Vigo County now leave 10 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).
How does Vigo County's commute time compare?
Metric
Vigo County
Indiana
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
16.9 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
04:00 PM – 11:59 PM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
5.5%
10.7%
15.0%
Walked
2.9%
1.9%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.8%
0.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Vigo County is 16.9 minutes, shorter than the 21.1 minutes in Indiana.
0.8% commute by public transit, higher than the 0.6% in Indiana. 2.9% commute by walking, higher than the 1.9% in Indiana.
Vigo County, IN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Vigo County, IN is the largest of the 6 counties compared here, 106,109 residents against a local median of 16,406. Vigo County, IN's one-way commute, at 16.9 min, runs 32% below the 25.0 min typical of the counties around it. That is the better end of the local range on this measure.
The counties themselves spread 5.3 min on one-way commute, so Vigo County, IN sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Vigo County, IN has the lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Vigo County, Indiana.
How much does the average commute cost workers in Vigo County, Indiana?
Commuters here spend an estimated 141 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,369 at a typical national wage. That's 20% less than the typical Indiana commuter spends.
When is rush hour worst in Vigo County, Indiana?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Vigo County, Indiana. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 04:00 PM – 11:59 PM also sees a secondary bump.
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).