ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · OH · GEOID 391252024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Paulding County, Ohio

Mean one-way trip24.0 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home4.1%±1.1 pp MOE
Drove alone84.8%±3.3 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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute23.8 min → 24.0 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.9% → 4.1%▲ 1.1 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone88.5% → 84.8%▼ 3.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone84.8% ±3.3 pp
Carpool9.0% ±2.7 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.2 pp
Walk1.8% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home4.1% ±1.1 pp

Each share uses 8,746 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.

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

16thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 84% 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.

17th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,791± — MOE
Workers age 16+8,746± 341 MOE
Workers with travel time8,390± 363 MOE
Estimated home workers356± 101 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.