ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
COUNTY · OH · GEOID 391752024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Wyandot County, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.7 min one way; 4.4% worked from home, 85.9% drove alone, and 4.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.7 min±1.9 min MOE
Worked from home4.4%±1.2 pp MOE
Drove alone85.9%±2.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.7%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 Wyandot County's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -2.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.9 min → 20.7 min▼ 2.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.9% → 4.4%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.5% → 85.9%▼ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Wyandot County residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.9%; 0.2% used public transit and 4.4% worked from home.

Drive alone85.9% ±2.6 pp
Carpool6.3% ±1.6 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.2 pp
Walk2.5% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.2 pp
Work from home4.4% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 10,538 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Wyandot County compares with similar-size countys

This county's mean commute is at the 29th percentile among covered under 25k countys; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

29thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 71% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

19thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 81% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

64thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered countys in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Wyandot County's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 10,538 workers age 16+, including 10,070 workers with reported travel time and 468 home workers.

Population estimate21,598± — MOE
Workers age 16+10,538± 374 MOE
Workers with travel time10,070± 385 MOE
Estimated home workers468± 124 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 Wyandot 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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