Cities in Indiana by mean travel time to work, 2024
Lowell, IN had the highest mean travel time to work of 85 cities in 2024, at 32.7 minutes. Vincennes, IN had the lowest, at 15.2 minutes. The median was 22.5 minutes and the figure for Indiana was 24.1 minutes. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
Top 40 cities, 2024
Full ranking
| Rank | Cities | 2024 | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lowell, IN Estimated | 32.7 | -0.5 |
| 2 | Merrillville, IN Estimated | 32.1 | -0.3 |
| 3 | McCordsville, IN Estimated | 31.9 | -2.2 |
| 4 | Cedar Lake, IN Estimated | 31.7 | -2 |
| 5 | Schererville, IN Estimated | 31.3 | -0.4 |
| 6 | St. John, IN Estimated | 31.2 | -1.2 |
| 7 | Bargersville, IN Estimated | 29.7 | +0.9 |
| 8 | Dyer, IN Estimated | 29.4 | +0.5 |
| 9 | Crown Point, IN Estimated | 29 | +0.1 |
| 10 | Martinsville, IN Estimated | 28.5 | -2.9 |
| 11 | Griffith, IN Estimated | 28.3 | -2.4 |
| 11 | Mooresville, IN Estimated | 28.3 | -2.1 |
| 13 | Munster, IN Estimated | 28.1 | +0.1 |
| 14 | Portage, IN Estimated | 27.3 | -0.9 |
| 15 | Decatur, IN Estimated | 26.9 | +3.5 |
| 16 | Lake Station, IN Estimated | 26.8 | -1.7 |
| 17 | Fishers, IN Estimated | 26.7 | +0.6 |
| 18 | Noblesville, IN Estimated | 26.6 | -0.2 |
| 19 | Hobart, IN Estimated | 26.5 | -1.9 |
| 20 | Danville, IN Estimated | 26.4 | -0.2 |
| 21 | Gary, IN Estimated | 25.9 | -0.5 |
| 22 | Connersville, IN Estimated | 25.7 | +1.3 |
| 22 | Greenfield, IN Estimated | 25.7 | +0.8 |
| 22 | Hammond, IN Estimated | 25.7 | +0.7 |
| 25 | Chesterton, IN Estimated | 25.6 | -1.1 |
| 25 | Highland, IN Estimated | 25.6 | -0.2 |
| 27 | Westfield, IN Estimated | 25.1 | +0.2 |
| 28 | Franklin, IN Estimated | 25 | +0.6 |
| 29 | Whitestown, IN Estimated | 24.9 | -2.6 |
| 30 | Greenwood, IN Estimated | 24.8 | +0.1 |
| 30 | Valparaiso, IN Estimated | 24.8 | +1.6 |
| 32 | Anderson, IN Estimated | 24.7 | -0.7 |
| 32 | Kendallville, IN Estimated | 24.7 | +0.7 |
| 32 | Lawrence, IN Estimated | 24.7 | -0.3 |
| 35 | Carmel, IN Estimated | 24.6 | -0.4 |
| 35 | Indianapolis, IN Estimated | 24.6 | +0.3 |
| 37 | Brownsburg, IN Estimated | 24.2 | +0.9 |
| 38 | La Porte, IN Estimated | 23.9 | +0.6 |
| 39 | Bedford, IN Estimated | 23.8 | -0.6 |
| 40 | Avon, IN Estimated | 23.1 | -1.6 |
| 41 | Plainfield, IN Estimated | 22.8 | -0.1 |
| 42 | Zionsville, IN Estimated | 22.7 | -2.4 |
| 43 | New Haven, IN Estimated | 22.5 | +0.8 |
| 44 | Peru, IN Estimated | 22.1 | -0.4 |
| 45 | Speedway, IN Estimated | 22 | -0.9 |
| 46 | Plymouth, IN Estimated | 21.8 | +0.2 |
| 47 | Fort Wayne, IN Estimated | 21.5 | +0.1 |
| 48 | Michigan City, IN Estimated | 21.3 | -0.7 |
| 49 | Beech Grove, IN Estimated | 21.2 | +0.5 |
| 49 | Huntertown, IN Estimated | 21.2 | -0.5 |
| 49 | Lebanon, IN Estimated | 21.2 | -0.2 |
| 52 | Mishawaka, IN Estimated | 21.1 | -0.9 |
| 52 | Yorktown, IN Estimated | 21.1 | -2.8 |
| 54 | East Chicago, IN Estimated | 20.8 | -1.1 |
| 54 | New Castle, IN Estimated | 20.8 | +1.1 |
| 56 | Shelbyville, IN Estimated | 20.7 | -0.2 |
| 57 | South Bend, IN Estimated | 20.2 | +0.2 |
| 58 | Jeffersonville, IN Estimated | 20 | -0.1 |
| 59 | Huntington, IN Estimated | 19.9 | +0.4 |
| 60 | New Albany, IN Estimated | 19.6 | -0.5 |
| 61 | Logansport, IN Estimated | 19.5 | 0 |
| 62 | Columbus, IN Estimated | 19.4 | +1.1 |
| 62 | Madison, IN Estimated | 19.4 | -1 |
| 64 | Kokomo, IN Estimated | 19.1 | +0.1 |
| 65 | Bluffton, IN Estimated | 19 | +1 |
| 66 | Goshen, IN Estimated | 18.9 | +0.5 |
| 67 | Clarksville, IN Estimated | 18.7 | -0.5 |
| 68 | Frankfort, IN Estimated | 18.6 | +0.5 |
| 68 | Richmond, IN Estimated | 18.6 | +0.6 |
| 68 | Seymour, IN Estimated | 18.6 | +0.9 |
| 71 | Elkhart, IN Estimated | 18.5 | +0.4 |
| 71 | Terre Haute, IN Estimated | 18.5 | +0.1 |
| 73 | Evansville, IN Estimated | 18.3 | -0.4 |
| 74 | Crawfordsville, IN Estimated | 18.2 | +1.2 |
| 75 | Muncie, IN Estimated | 18.1 | -0.9 |
| 76 | Marion, IN Estimated | 18 | +0.4 |
| 76 | Washington, IN Estimated | 18 | -1.3 |
| 78 | Greensburg, IN Estimated | 17.8 | +1.8 |
| 79 | Bloomington, IN Estimated | 17.5 | +0.6 |
| 80 | Wabash, IN Estimated | 16.5 | -0.6 |
| 81 | Lafayette, IN Estimated | 16.4 | +0.3 |
| 82 | Warsaw, IN Estimated | 16.3 | +0.2 |
| 83 | West Lafayette, IN Estimated | 16.1 | +0.7 |
| 84 | Jasper, IN Estimated | 15.3 | +0.7 |
| 85 | Vincennes, IN Estimated | 15.2 | -0.1 |
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About this ranking
Mean one-way travel time to work in minutes for workers aged 16 and over who did not work from home.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 3 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2024 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
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U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Indiana by mean travel time to work, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
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American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Indiana by mean travel time to work, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/indiana-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Indiana by mean travel time to work, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/indiana-cities.
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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Indiana by mean travel time to work, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/indiana-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
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Which city has the highest mean travel time to work?
Lowell, IN, with 32.7 minutes in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Which city has the lowest mean travel time to work?
Vincennes, IN, with 15.2 minutes in 2024.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates: mean travel time to work, B08135 aggregate minutes divided by B08303 workers not working at home, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 3 cities have no value for 2024 and are not ranked.