ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · OH · GEOID 391672024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Washington County, Ohio

Mean one-way trip23.5 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home9.1%±1.6 pp MOE
Drove alone81.1%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.0%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute23.2 min → 23.5 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 9.1%▲ 3.4 pp

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

Public transit0.8% → 0.4%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.6% → 81.1%▼ 0.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.1% ±1.4 pp
Carpool6.9% ±1.3 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.3 pp
Walk1.9% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home9.1% ±1.6 pp

Each share uses 26,656 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.

42thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 58% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

61thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 61% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

72thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 72% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

35th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 65% of covered countys in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate58,978± — MOE
Workers age 16+26,656± 852 MOE
Workers with travel time24,221± 813 MOE
Estimated home workers2,435± 421 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.