Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39010002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Akron, Ohio
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.2 min one way; 11.2% worked from home, 71.7% drove alone, and 4.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip22.2 min±1.0 min MOE
Worked from home11.2%±0.9 pp MOE
Drove alone71.7%±1.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.2%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 Akron city'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 +5.0 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Akron city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.7%; 2.0% used public transit and 11.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 86,811 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Akron city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 33th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 67% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 68% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 69% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Akron city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 86,811 workers age 16+, including 77,125 workers with reported travel time and 9,686 home workers.
Population estimate189,247± 87 MOE
Workers age 16+86,811± 1,619 MOE
Workers with travel time77,125± 1,715 MOE
Estimated home workers9,686± 798 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
All Ohio reports →Comparable Ohio commute records for Akron city
These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.