ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39025682024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ashland, Ohio

Mean one-way trip20.6 min±5.2 min MOE
Worked from home9.0%±2.3 pp MOE
Drove alone78.7%±3.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.2%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute19.7 min → 20.6 min▲ 0.9 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.3% → 9.0%▲ 3.7 pp

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

Public transit0.5% → 0.0%▼ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.4% → 78.7%▼ 0.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.7% ±3.1 pp
Carpool6.6% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk3.9% ±1.5 pp
Bicycle1.1% ±1.1 pp
Work from home9.0% ±2.3 pp

Each share uses 8,927 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.

24thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

36thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38thTransit percentile

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

47th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate18,911± 33 MOE
Workers age 16+8,927± 379 MOE
Workers with travel time8,123± 398 MOE
Estimated home workers804± 204 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.