ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39030862024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Aurora, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.9 min one way; 20.5% worked from home, 71.1% drove alone, and 3.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip27.9 min±3.6 min MOE
Worked from home20.5%±3.8 pp MOE
Drove alone71.1%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.8%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 Aurora city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +6.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute29.2 min → 27.9 min▼ 1.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.6% → 20.5%▲ 6.9 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.6%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.2% → 71.1%▼ 9.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Aurora city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.1%; 0.6% used public transit and 20.5% worked from home.

Drive alone71.1% ±3.6 pp
Carpool5.4% ±2.0 pp
Public transit0.6% ±0.6 pp
Walk1.2% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.2 pp
Work from home20.5% ±3.8 pp

Each share uses 8,274 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Aurora city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 67th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

67thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

80thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

58thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

25th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Aurora city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 8,274 workers age 16+, including 6,581 workers with reported travel time and 1,693 home workers.

Population estimate17,581± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+8,274± 487 MOE
Workers with travel time6,581± 509 MOE
Estimated home workers1,693± 329 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 Aurora 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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