ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · OH · GEOID 391732024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wood County, Ohio

Mean one-way trip20.5 min±0.8 min MOE
Worked from home10.3%±1.0 pp MOE
Drove alone80.0%±1.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.1%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 commute20.7 min → 20.5 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 10.3%▲ 3.5 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.1%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.8% → 80.0%▼ 2.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.0% ±1.4 pp
Carpool6.0% ±0.8 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk2.6% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp
Work from home10.3% ±1.0 pp

Each share uses 65,942 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.

17thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 83% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

35thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

11thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 89% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered countys in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate132,064± — MOE
Workers age 16+65,942± 1,209 MOE
Workers with travel time59,123± 1,258 MOE
Estimated home workers6,819± 691 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.