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Cities in Indiana by mean travel time to work

Cedar Lake, IN had the highest mean travel time to work of 88 cities in 2021, at 35 minutes. Jasper, IN had the lowest, at 14.2 minutes. The median was 22.5 minutes and the figure for Indiana was 23.9 minutes. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Highest35Cedar Lake, IN
Lowest14.2Jasper, IN
Median22.588 cities
Indiana23.9History

Top 40 cities, 2021

Cedar Lake, IN: 35 minutesCedar Lake, IN35McCordsville, IN: 33 minutesMcCordsville, IN33St. John, IN: 31.9 minutesSt. John, IN31.9Lowell, IN: 31.2 minutesLowell, IN31.2Schererville, IN: 31.1 minutesSchererville, IN31.1Griffith, IN: 30.9 minutesGriffith, IN30.9Bargersville, IN: 30.8 minutesBargersville, IN30.8Munster, IN: 29.8 minutesMunster, IN29.8Merrillville, IN: 29.7 minutesMerrillville, IN29.7Martinsville, IN: 29 minutesMartinsville, IN29Portage, IN: 29 minutesPortage, IN29Hobart, IN: 28.6 minutesHobart, IN28.6Chesterton, IN: 28.5 minutesChesterton, IN28.5Dyer, IN: 28.1 minutesDyer, IN28.1Gary, IN: 28 minutesGary, IN28Lake Station, IN: 28 minutesLake Station, IN28Avon, IN: 27.7 minutesAvon, IN27.7Crown Point, IN: 27.3 minutesCrown Point, IN27.3Mooresville, IN: 27.3 minutesMooresville, IN27.3Noblesville, IN: 27 minutesNoblesville, IN27Highland, IN: 26.1 minutesHighland, IN26.1Fishers, IN: 26 minutesFishers, IN26Zionsville, IN: 26 minutesZionsville, IN26Danville, IN: 25.6 minutesDanville, IN25.6Greenwood, IN: 25.6 minutesGreenwood, IN25.6Whitestown, IN: 25.5 minutesWhitestown, IN25.5Lawrence, IN: 25.4 minutesLawrence, IN25.4Carmel, IN: 25 minutesCarmel, IN25Hammond, IN: 24.7 minutesHammond, IN24.7Brownsburg, IN: 24.6 minutesBrownsburg, IN24.6Greenfield, IN: 24.5 minutesGreenfield, IN24.5Anderson, IN: 24.4 minutesAnderson, IN24.4Valparaiso, IN: 24.4 minutesValparaiso, IN24.4Connersville, IN: 24.1 minutesConnersville, IN24.1East Chicago, IN: 24.1 minutesEast Chicago, IN24.1Indianapolis, IN: 23.9 minutesIndianapolis, IN23.9Westfield, IN: 23.8 minutesWestfield, IN23.8Franklin, IN: 23.5 minutesFranklin, IN23.5Huntertown, IN: 23.3 minutesHuntertown, IN23.3Plainfield, IN: 23.3 minutesPlainfield, IN23.3Cedar Lake, IN: 35 minutesCedar Lake, IN35McCordsville, IN: 33 minutesMcCordsville, IN33St. John, IN: 31.9 minutesSt. John, IN31.9Lowell, IN: 31.2 minutesLowell, IN31.2Schererville, IN: 31.1 minutesSchererville, IN31.1Griffith, IN: 30.9 minutesGriffith, IN30.9Bargersville, IN: 30.8 minutesBargersville, IN30.8Munster, IN: 29.8 minutesMunster, IN29.8Merrillville, IN: 29.7 minutesMerrillville, IN29.7Martinsville, IN: 29 minutesMartinsville, IN29Portage, IN: 29 minutesPortage, IN29Hobart, IN: 28.6 minutesHobart, IN28.6Chesterton, IN: 28.5 minutesChesterton, IN28.5Dyer, IN: 28.1 minutesDyer, IN28.1Gary, IN: 28 minutesGary, IN28Lake Station, IN: 28 minutesLake Station, IN28Avon, IN: 27.7 minutesAvon, IN27.7Crown Point, IN: 27.3 minutesCrown Point, IN27.3Mooresville, IN: 27.3 minutesMooresville, IN27.3Noblesville, IN: 27 minutesNoblesville, IN27Highland, IN: 26.1 minutesHighland, IN26.1Fishers, IN: 26 minutesFishers, IN26Zionsville, IN: 26 minutesZionsville, IN26Danville, IN: 25.6 minutesDanville, IN25.6Greenwood, IN: 25.6 minutesGreenwood, IN25.6Whitestown, IN: 25.5 minutesWhitestown, IN25.5Lawrence, IN: 25.4 minutesLawrence, IN25.4Carmel, IN: 25 minutesCarmel, IN25Hammond, IN: 24.7 minutesHammond, IN24.7Brownsburg, IN: 24.6 minutesBrownsburg, IN24.6Greenfield, IN: 24.5 minutesGreenfield, IN24.5Anderson, IN: 24.4 minutesAnderson, IN24.4Valparaiso, IN: 24.4 minutesValparaiso, IN24.4Connersville, IN: 24.1 minutesConnersville, IN24.1East Chicago, IN: 24.1 minutesEast Chicago, IN24.1Indianapolis, IN: 23.9 minutesIndianapolis, IN23.9Westfield, IN: 23.8 minutesWestfield, IN23.8Franklin, IN: 23.5 minutesFranklin, IN23.5Huntertown, IN: 23.3 minutesHuntertown, IN23.3Plainfield, IN: 23.3 minutesPlainfield, IN23.3
minutes. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2021
minutes
1Cedar Lake, IN Estimated35
2McCordsville, IN Estimated33
3St. John, IN Estimated31.9
4Lowell, IN Estimated31.2
5Schererville, IN Estimated31.1
6Griffith, IN Estimated30.9
7Bargersville, IN Estimated30.8
8Munster, IN Estimated29.8
9Merrillville, IN Estimated29.7
10Martinsville, IN Estimated29
10Portage, IN Estimated29
12Hobart, IN Estimated28.6
13Chesterton, IN Estimated28.5
14Dyer, IN Estimated28.1
15Gary, IN Estimated28
15Lake Station, IN Estimated28
17Avon, IN Estimated27.7
18Crown Point, IN Estimated27.3
18Mooresville, IN Estimated27.3
20Noblesville, IN Estimated27
21Highland, IN Estimated26.1
22Fishers, IN Estimated26
22Zionsville, IN Estimated26
24Danville, IN Estimated25.6
24Greenwood, IN Estimated25.6
26Whitestown, IN Estimated25.5
27Lawrence, IN Estimated25.4
28Carmel, IN Estimated25
29Hammond, IN Estimated24.7
30Brownsburg, IN Estimated24.6
31Greenfield, IN Estimated24.5
32Anderson, IN Estimated24.4
32Valparaiso, IN Estimated24.4
34Connersville, IN Estimated24.1
34East Chicago, IN Estimated24.1
36Indianapolis, IN Estimated23.9
37Westfield, IN Estimated23.8
38Franklin, IN Estimated23.5
39Huntertown, IN Estimated23.3
39Plainfield, IN Estimated23.3
41Washington, IN Estimated22.8
41Yorktown, IN Estimated22.8
43Beech Grove, IN Estimated22.6
44Kendallville, IN Estimated22.5
44Plymouth, IN Estimated22.5
46Speedway, IN Estimated22.3
47Bedford, IN Estimated21.9
48New Haven, IN Estimated21.7
49Michigan City, IN Estimated21.6
49Sellersburg, IN Estimated21.6
51Lebanon, IN Estimated21.4
51Mishawaka, IN Estimated21.4
53Fort Wayne, IN Estimated21.3
54Jeffersonville, IN Estimated21.1
54Shelbyville, IN Estimated21.1
56New Castle, IN Estimated21
57La Porte, IN Estimated20.6
58Peru, IN Estimated20.5
59Madison, IN Estimated20.2
59New Albany, IN Estimated20.2
61South Bend, IN Estimated20.1
62Greensburg, IN Estimated19.9
62Logansport, IN Estimated19.9
64Frankfort, IN Estimated19.8
65Huntington, IN Estimated19.7
66Columbia City, IN Estimated19
66Decatur, IN Estimated19
68Bluffton, IN Estimated18.8
69Clarksville, IN Estimated18.7
70Elkhart, IN Estimated18.6
70Kokomo, IN Estimated18.6
70Wabash, IN Estimated18.6
73Evansville, IN Estimated18.5
74Goshen, IN Estimated18.1
75Muncie, IN Estimated17.8
76Columbus, IN Estimated17.7
77Seymour, IN Estimated17.6
78Crawfordsville, IN Estimated16.9
78Terre Haute, IN Estimated16.9
80Bloomington, IN Estimated16.8
81Richmond, IN Estimated16.7
82Auburn, IN Estimated16.3
83Lafayette, IN Estimated16.2
84Marion, IN Estimated15.4
84West Lafayette, IN Estimated15.4
86Vincennes, IN Estimated14.9
87Warsaw, IN Estimated14.8
88Jasper, IN Estimated14.2

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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. 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/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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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, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/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, 2021. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/indiana-cities?period=2021. 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, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/indiana-cities?period=2021.

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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, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2021/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/mean-travel-time-to-work/indiana-cities?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest mean travel time to work?

Cedar Lake, IN, with 35 minutes in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest mean travel time to work?

Jasper, IN, with 14.2 minutes in 2021.

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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.

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