ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39017422024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Amelia, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 31.5 min one way; 9.5% worked from home, 75.4% drove alone, and 8.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip31.5 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home9.5%±2.7 pp MOE
Drove alone75.4%±1.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip8.3%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 Amelia CDP's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.8 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.4 percentage points.

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

Mean commute30.7 min → 31.5 min▲ 0.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 9.5%▲ 1.4 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 1.0%▲ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.9% → 75.4%▼ 7.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Amelia CDP residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.4%; 1.0% used public transit and 9.5% worked from home.

Drive alone75.4% ±1.3 pp
Carpool10.1% ±4.6 pp
Public transit1.0% ±1.0 pp
Walk1.1% ±1.2 pp
Bicycle1.2% ±1.7 pp
Work from home9.5% ±2.7 pp

Each share uses 6,393 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Amelia CDP compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 83th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

83thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

67thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Amelia CDP's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,393 workers age 16+, including 5,785 workers with reported travel time and 608 home workers.

Population estimate12,871± 951 MOE
Workers age 16+6,393± 607 MOE
Workers with travel time5,785± 592 MOE
Estimated home workers608± 180 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 Amelia CDP

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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