What is the average commute in Summit County, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.2 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 14.8%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.6 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 391532024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Summit County, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Summit County, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.2 min one way; 14.8% worked from home, 74.5% drove alone, and 3.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.2 min±0.6 min MOE

Worked from home14.8%±0.6 pp MOE

Drove alone74.5%±0.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.9%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 Summit 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 +6.0 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.3 min → 23.2 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.8% → 14.8%▲ 6.0 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.8%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.7% → 74.5%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Summit County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 74.5%; 0.8% used public transit and 14.8% worked from home.

Drive alone74.5% ±0.9 pp

Carpool7.5% ±0.4 pp

Public transit0.8% ±0.2 pp

Walk1.2% ±0.2 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp

Work from home14.8% ±0.6 pp

Each share uses 263,518 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Summit County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 19th percentile among covered 500k+ countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

19^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

32^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

25^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 75% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

17^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the 500k+ population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Summit County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 263,518 workers age 16+, including 224,623 workers with reported travel time and 38,895 home workers.

Population estimate537,864± — MOE

Workers age 16+263,518± 2,418 MOE

Workers with travel time224,623± 2,880 MOE

Estimated home workers38,895± 1,634 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 Summit County

These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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