Commuting in Indiana County, Pennsylvania: 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 Indiana County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Indiana County spend about 38 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 158 hours, about 6.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 15% less time on the road than the Pennsylvania average of 22.4 minutes each way, a difference of 3.4 minutes.
Indiana County holds about 0.6% of Pennsylvania's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Indiana County would save about 63 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,955 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)
Indiana County
18.9 min
37.8 min
158 hrs/yr
$4,888
548
Pennsylvania
22.4 min
44.7 min
186 hrs/yr
$5,779
1,152
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
18.9
minutes to get to work in
Indiana County.
That's 16% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
The most common departure window is 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 9.5% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Indiana County
Car:
82.6%
Worked at Home:
9.5%
Walked:
5.4%
Other:
1.3%
Public Transportation:
0.4%unusually low
Bicycle:
0.4%
Motorcycle:
0.2%
Taxi:
0.1%
Public transit is unusually rare in Indiana County: 8.2 times less than the Pennsylvania average (0.4% vs 3.6%).
Commute Mode Trends in Indiana County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Indiana 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
Public Transportation
Bicycle
Motorcycle
Taxi
2009
87.2%
3.9%
7.0%
1.0%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
2010
88.3%
3.9%
6.1%
0.7%
0.7%
0.2%
0.1%
0.0%
2011
88.5%
4.1%
5.7%
0.6%
0.8%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
2012
88.5%
4.2%
5.5%
0.6%
0.7%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2013
89.0%
4.0%
5.1%
0.8%
0.5%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
2014
89.1%
3.6%
5.3%
0.9%
0.5%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
2015
89.0%
3.2%
5.3%
1.0%
0.6%
0.7%
0.1%
0.1%
2016
88.4%
3.3%
5.6%
1.2%
0.6%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2017
89.0%
3.0%
5.2%
1.2%
0.8%
0.7%
0.0%
0.1%
2018
89.1%
2.9%
5.5%
1.1%
0.8%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
2019
89.2%
3.0%
5.7%
0.9%
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
0.1%
2020
87.6%
4.5%
6.2%
0.8%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2021
86.4%
6.2%
5.7%
0.7%
0.5%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
2022
85.1%
7.2%
6.3%
0.8%
0.2%
0.3%
0.1%
0.0%
2023
84.3%
7.4%
6.4%
1.0%
0.4%
0.3%
0.1%
0.1%
2024
82.6%
9.5%
5.4%
1.3%
0.4%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2019 at 89.2%. Overall it fell from 87.2% in 2009 to 82.6% in 2024, down 4.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Indiana County: its share of workers rose from 3.9% in 2009 to 9.5% in 2024, up 5.6 percentage points. Most of that increase, 6.5 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 7.0% to 5.4% of workers (down 1.6 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2021 release and has stayed ahead since.
Commute Start Times in Indiana County
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Indiana County?
The bars show when commuters in Indiana 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 Pennsylvania for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMIndiana County7.8%Pennsylvania5.3%
7.8%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMIndiana County4.6%Pennsylvania3.9%
4.6%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMIndiana County6.8%Pennsylvania5.3%
6.8%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMIndiana County7.2%Pennsylvania8.9%
7.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMIndiana County8.4%Pennsylvania10.1%
8.4%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMIndiana County11.9%Pennsylvania13.8%
11.9%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMIndiana County13.0%Pennsylvania11.4%
13.0%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMIndiana County8.2%Pennsylvania10.9%
8.2%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMIndiana County5.6%Pennsylvania5.8%
5.6%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMIndiana County5.1%Pennsylvania6.1%
5.1%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMIndiana County2.6%Pennsylvania2.7%
2.6%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMIndiana County1.3%Pennsylvania1.4%
1.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMIndiana County9.3%Pennsylvania7.6%
9.3%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMIndiana County8.3%Pennsylvania6.9%
8.3%
Indiana CountyPennsylvaniaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Indiana County is 7:30-7:59 AM, when 13.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 11.4% across Pennsylvania. Early starts are more common than in Pennsylvania: 19.1% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.4% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Pennsylvania: 41.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.2% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.6%) 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 Indiana 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 Indiana 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 Indiana County next to Pennsylvania 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
Indiana County
Pennsylvania
United States
2009
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
7:37 AM
2010
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2011
7:34 AM
7:39 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:35 AM
7:39 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:34 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:32 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:30 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:29 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:33 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:35 AM
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
2021
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2022
7:36 AM
7:37 AM
7:37 AM
2023
7:36 AM
7:38 AM
7:38 AM
2024
7:38 AM
7:37 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Indiana County were on the road by 7:38 AM, 3 minutes later than in 2009 (7:35 AM). That goes against the trend across Pennsylvania, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Indiana County now leave at about the same time as the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Indiana County has moved 5 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Indiana County in the whole series.
How does Indiana County's commute time compare?
Metric
Indiana County
Pennsylvania
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
18.9 min
22.4 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
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
9.5%
15.6%
15.0%
Walked
5.4%
3.2%
2.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
3.6%
3.2%
The average commute time in Indiana County is 18.9 minutes, shorter than the 22.4 minutes in Pennsylvania.
0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 3.6% in Pennsylvania. 5.4% commute by walking, higher than the 3.2% in Pennsylvania.
Indiana County, PA Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Indiana County, PA is the 3rd largest of the 6 counties compared here, 83,041 residents against a local median of 64,604. Indiana County, PA 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 one-way commute, 6% below the local median at 18.9 min against 20.1 min. Indiana County, PA has the 3rd lowest one-way commute of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
Is living in Indiana County, Pennsylvania good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 158 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,888 at a typical national wage. That's 15% less than the typical Pennsylvania commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Indiana County, Pennsylvania?
Traffic peaks between 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How common is public transit use in Indiana County, Pennsylvania?
Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.4% of commuters use it versus 3.6% in Pennsylvania, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.
Which counties in Pennsylvania have the fastest and slowest commutes?
Among counties in Pennsylvania, the shortest average commutes are in Cameron County (11.4 min), Elk County (15.4 min), McKean County (15.9 min). The longest are in Pike County (32.5 min), Perry County (32.0 min), Carbon County (30.5 min).