Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · OH · GEOID 390412024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Delaware County, Ohio
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.4 min one way; 25.9% worked from home, 67.9% drove alone, and 4.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip25.4 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home25.9%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone67.9%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.7%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 Delaware County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.9 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Delaware County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.9%; 0.1% used public transit and 25.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 118,286 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Delaware County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 62th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 62% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 98% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 90% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Delaware County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 118,286 workers age 16+, including 87,618 workers with reported travel time and 30,668 home workers.
Population estimate226,834± — MOE
Workers age 16+118,286± 1,404 MOE
Workers with travel time87,618± 1,834 MOE
Estimated home workers30,668± 1,347 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
All Ohio reports →Comparable Ohio commute records for Delaware County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.