ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39017982024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Amherst, Ohio

Mean one-way trip25.4 min±3.9 min MOE
Worked from home9.3%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone80.6%±5.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.7%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute21.6 min → 25.4 min▲ 3.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home7.1% → 9.3%▲ 2.3 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.2%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.0% → 80.6%▼ 0.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone80.6% ±5.9 pp
Carpool8.5% ±2.7 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.4 pp
Work from home9.3% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 6,526 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

53thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

43th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 57% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,906± 41 MOE
Workers age 16+6,526± 466 MOE
Workers with travel time5,917± 502 MOE
Estimated home workers609± 174 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.