ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · OH · GEOID 390892024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Licking County, Ohio

Mean one-way trip26.6 min±1.1 min MOE
Worked from home15.8%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone72.5%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.0 min → 26.6 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.7% → 15.8%▲ 6.1 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.8% → 72.5%▼ 7.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone72.5% ±1.4 pp
Carpool7.7% ±0.9 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.1 pp
Walk2.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp
Work from home15.8% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 87,330 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size countys

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

72thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 72% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

79thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 79% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

16thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 84% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

52th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 52% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate181,837± — MOE
Workers age 16+87,330± 1,638 MOE
Workers with travel time73,518± 1,786 MOE
Estimated home workers13,812± 974 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.