What is the average commute in Licking County, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 26.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 15.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.1 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 390892024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Licking County, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Licking County, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 26.6 min one way; 15.8% worked from home, 72.5% drove alone, and 6.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

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 Licking County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.1 percentage points.

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 Licking County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.5%; 0.2% used public transit and 15.8% worked from home.

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

How Licking County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 72th percentile among covered 100k–500k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

72^thMean commute percentile

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

79^thWork-from-home percentile

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

16^thTransit percentile

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

52^th60+ 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 Licking County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 87,330 workers age 16+, including 73,518 workers with reported travel time and 13,812 home workers.

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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Ohio commute records for Licking 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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