Average for workers who did not work from home.
COUNTY · OH · GEOID 391132024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Montgomery County, Ohio
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.9 min one way; 12.0% worked from home, 76.2% drove alone, and 4.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip21.9 min±0.5 min MOE
Worked from home12.0%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone76.2%±0.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.4%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 Montgomery County's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.8 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 Montgomery County residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.2%; 1.2% used public transit and 12.0% worked from home.
Each share uses 251,172 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Montgomery County compares with similar-size countys
This county's mean commute is at the 10th percentile among covered 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 90% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 68% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Montgomery County's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 251,172 workers age 16+, including 221,110 workers with reported travel time and 30,062 home workers.
Population estimate536,096± — MOE
Workers age 16+251,172± 2,637 MOE
Workers with travel time221,110± 2,736 MOE
Estimated home workers30,062± 1,550 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 Montgomery County
These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.