What is the average commute in Franklin County, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 19.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.5 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 390492024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Franklin County, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Franklin County, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.5 min one way; 19.3% worked from home, 68.4% drove alone, and 3.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.5 min±0.3 min MOE

Worked from home19.3%±0.5 pp MOE

Drove alone68.4%±0.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.1%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 Franklin County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.7 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.2 min → 21.5 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.5% → 19.3%▲ 7.8 pp

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

Public transit2.0% → 1.6%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.1% → 68.4%▼ 7.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Franklin County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 68.4%; 1.6% used public transit and 19.3% worked from home.

Drive alone68.4% ±0.5 pp

Carpool7.1% ±0.3 pp

Public transit1.6% ±0.2 pp

Walk2.1% ±0.1 pp

Bicycle0.4% ±0.0 pp

Work from home19.3% ±0.5 pp

Each share uses 686,735 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Franklin County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

8^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

67^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 67% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

45^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

9^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 91% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Franklin County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 686,735 workers age 16+, including 554,131 workers with reported travel time and 132,604 home workers.

Population estimate1,333,048± — MOE

Workers age 16+686,735± 4,380 MOE

Workers with travel time554,131± 4,348 MOE

Estimated home workers132,604± 3,222 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 Franklin 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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