White County Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in White 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 White County: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in White County spend about 42 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 174 hours, about 7.2 full days, spent commuting. That is 1% less time on the road than the Indiana average of 21.1 minutes each way, a difference of 0.2 minutes.

White County holds about 0.4% of Indiana's population and accounts for roughly 0.4% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in White County would save about 70 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,157 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)
White County	20.9 min	41.7 min	174 hrs/yr	$5,392	828
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.

Commute Time Map: Indiana Counties

Fastest commutes among counties in Indiana

Knox County (15.8 min)
Howard County (15.9 min)
Daviess County (16.3 min)

Slowest commutes among counties in Indiana

Crawford County (33.6 min)
Brown County (32.6 min)
Franklin County (31.9 min)

Compare commute times among different counties

White County

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Average commute time

On average, it takes 20.9 minutes to get to work in White County. That's 7% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

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 7.1% work from home.

How People Get to Work in White County

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

Biking is essentially absent in White County, versus 0.4% in Indiana.

Commute Mode Trends in White County, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in White 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	Motorcycle	Taxi	Bicycle
2009	95.1%	2.3%	1.6%	0.2%	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2010	94.3%	2.5%	1.9%	0.3%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2011	93.3%	3.4%	1.8%	0.1%	0.8%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2012	93.1%	3.8%	1.9%	0.2%	0.5%	0.2%	0.0%	0.2%
2013	93.0%	3.7%	2.0%	0.2%	0.6%	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
2014	92.9%	3.8%	1.6%	0.2%	0.9%	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%
2015	92.7%	4.0%	1.9%	0.2%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.3%
2016	92.6%	4.0%	2.0%	0.2%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.4%
2017	92.7%	3.6%	1.7%	0.1%	1.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.5%
2018	92.6%	4.0%	1.3%	0.3%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2019	92.8%	4.2%	1.6%	0.2%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%
2020	93.9%	3.7%	1.5%	0.1%	0.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2021	93.5%	3.8%	1.3%	0.3%	0.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2022	91.5%	5.7%	1.5%	0.4%	0.7%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	91.6%	6.2%	1.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	90.2%	7.1%	1.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Overall its share fell from 95.1% in 2009 to 90.2% in 2024, down 4.9 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in White County: its share of workers rose from 2.3% in 2009 to 7.1% in 2024, up 4.8 percentage points. Most of that increase, 2.9 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Commute Start Times in White County

What Time Do People Leave for Work in White County?

The bars show when commuters in White 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		8.0%
5:00-5:29 AM		4.5%
5:30-5:59 AM		2.8%
6:00-6:29 AM		12.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		11.7%
7:00-7:29 AM		18.6%
7:30-7:59 AM		16.2%
8:00-8:29 AM		5.9%
8:30-8:59 AM		2.0%
9:00-9:59 AM		2.4%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.2%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.6%
12:00-3:59 PM		6.3%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.6%

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

The busiest time to head out in White County is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 13.8% across Indiana. Early starts are less common than in Indiana: 15.3% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 16.9% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Indiana: 52.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.7% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.2%) 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 White 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 White 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 White 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	White County	Indiana	United States
2009	7:26 AM	7:31 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:30 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:28 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:28 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:30 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:28 AM	7:34 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:27 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:27 AM	7:34 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:27 AM	7:33 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:22 AM	7:33 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:22 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:21 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:21 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:20 AM	7:32 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:17 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:18 AM	7:32 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in White County were on the road by 7:18 AM, 8 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:26 AM). Across Indiana, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in White County now leave 20 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 White County has moved 4 minutes earlier.

How does White County's commute time compare?

Metric	White County	Indiana	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	20.9 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	7.1%	10.7%	15.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.9%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.6%	0.6%	3.2%

The average commute time in White County is about the same as in Indiana.

The share of commuters using public transit is about the same as Indiana. 1.6% commute by walking, lower than the 1.9% in Indiana.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

White County, IN Commute Compared With Nearby Counties

White County, IN is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 24,718 residents against a local median of 20,535. White County, IN sits close to the middle of its own neighbourhood. No measure below is more than 15% off the local median, so the choice between these counties turns on things this data does not capture.

The largest of those small differences is work from home, 14% above the local median at 7.1% against 6.2%. White County, IN has the 3rd highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
White County, IN	24,718	20.9 min #3/6	7.1% #3/6	7:18 AM #3/6
Pulaski County, IN	12,441	20.2 min	5.9%	7:07 AM
Carroll County, IN	20,535	23.8 min	6.2%	7:21 AM
Tippecanoe County, IN	189,071	16.4 min	11.1%	7:57 AM
Jasper County, IN	33,234	26.2 min	5.7%	7:02 AM
Benton County, IN	8,735	26.5 min	7.6%	7:30 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in White County, Indiana.

Is commuting expensive in White County, Indiana?

Commuters here spend an estimated 174 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,392 at a typical national wage. That's 1% less than the typical Indiana commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in White County, Indiana?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in White 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.

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).