ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · OH · GEOID 390392024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Defiance County, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.8 min one way; 6.0% worked from home, 83.7% drove alone, and 3.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.8 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home6.0%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone83.7%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.6%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 Defiance County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.8 min → 19.8 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.5% → 6.0%▲ 2.5 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.9% → 83.7%▼ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Defiance County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 83.7%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.0% worked from home.

Drive alone83.7% ±2.3 pp
Carpool7.7% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk1.4% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home6.0% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 18,212 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Defiance County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 14th percentile among covered 25k–100k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

14thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

26thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

6thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 94% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Defiance County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 18,212 workers age 16+, including 17,125 workers with reported travel time and 1,087 home workers.

Population estimate38,343± — MOE
Workers age 16+18,212± 485 MOE
Workers with travel time17,125± 528 MOE
Estimated home workers1,087± 222 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 Defiance County

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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