What is the average commute in Ashtabula city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.8 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Ashtabula city, Ohio work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 2.4%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · OH · GEOID 39026382024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Ashtabula, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Ashtabula city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.8 min one way; 2.4% worked from home, 80.7% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.8 min±3.3 min MOE

Worked from home2.4%±1.2 pp MOE

Drove alone80.7%±3.3 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.8%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 Ashtabula city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.3 min → 20.8 min▲ 2.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.6% → 2.4%▲ 0.8 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 1.2%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.0% → 80.7%▼ 4.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Ashtabula city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 80.7%; 1.2% used public transit and 2.4% worked from home.

Drive alone80.7% ±3.3 pp

Carpool11.0% ±2.9 pp

Public transit1.2% ±1.0 pp

Walk1.1% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.9% ±0.8 pp

Work from home2.4% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 7,408 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Ashtabula city compares with similar-size places

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

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

25^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

71^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 71% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Ashtabula city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,408 workers age 16+, including 7,230 workers with reported travel time and 178 home workers.

Population estimate17,856± 39 MOE

Workers age 16+7,408± 508 MOE

Workers with travel time7,230± 485 MOE

Estimated home workers178± 90 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 Ashtabula city

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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