What is the average commute in Cuyahoga County, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Cuyahoga County, Ohio work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.4 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

COUNTY · OH · GEOID 390352024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Cuyahoga County, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.3 min one way; 15.5% worked from home, 69.7% drove alone, and 3.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.3 min±0.4 min MOE

Worked from home15.5%±0.4 pp MOE

Drove alone69.7%±0.6 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.7%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Cuyahoga County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.3 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute24.0 min → 23.3 min▼ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.2% → 15.5%▲ 6.3 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit3.7% → 3.0%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.6% → 69.7%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cuyahoga County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.7%; 3.0% used public transit and 15.5% worked from home.

Drive alone69.7% ±0.6 pp

Carpool7.3% ±0.3 pp

Public transit3.0% ±0.2 pp

Walk2.7% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.1 pp

Work from home15.5% ±0.4 pp

Each share uses 594,968 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cuyahoga County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 19th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

19^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

39^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

68^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

14^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cuyahoga County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 594,968 workers age 16+, including 502,497 workers with reported travel time and 92,471 home workers.

Population estimate1,245,873± — MOE

Workers age 16+594,968± 3,921 MOE

Workers with travel time502,497± 4,310 MOE

Estimated home workers92,471± 2,311 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Ohio commute records for Cuyahoga County

These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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