ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · OH · GEOID 391152024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Morgan County, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 37.5 min one way; 6.8% worked from home, 82.6% drove alone, and 25.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip37.5 min±4.4 min MOE
Worked from home6.8%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone82.6%±4.0 pp MOE
60+ minute trip25.5%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 Morgan County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute35.5 min → 37.5 min▲ 2.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.9% → 6.8%▲ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.6% → 82.6%— 0.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Morgan County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 82.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 6.8% worked from home.

Drive alone82.6% ±4.0 pp
Carpool9.2% ±2.1 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.2% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home6.8% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 5,396 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Morgan County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 98th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

98thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 98% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

43thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 57% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

20thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 80% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

99th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 99% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Morgan County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,396 workers age 16+, including 5,031 workers with reported travel time and 365 home workers.

Population estimate13,651± — MOE
Workers age 16+5,396± 304 MOE
Workers with travel time5,031± 332 MOE
Estimated home workers365± 120 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 Morgan County

These 7 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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