Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · OH · GEOID 390952024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Lucas County, Ohio
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.5 min one way; 8.9% worked from home, 78.6% drove alone, and 4.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip20.5 min±0.5 min MOE
Worked from home8.9%±0.4 pp MOE
Drove alone78.6%±1.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 Lucas County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.6 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 Lucas County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.6%; 0.8% used public transit and 8.9% worked from home.
Each share uses 195,978 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Lucas County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 16th 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 lower than about 84% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Lucas County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 195,978 workers age 16+, including 178,537 workers with reported travel time and 17,441 home workers.
Population estimate428,018± — MOE
Workers age 16+195,978± 2,005 MOE
Workers with travel time178,537± 2,234 MOE
Estimated home workers17,441± 891 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 Lucas County
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.