ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39035852024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bainbridge, Ohio

Mean one-way trip25.4 min±5.9 min MOE
Worked from home28.3%±5.0 pp MOE
Drove alone66.7%±7.8 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.4%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 commute26.6 min → 25.4 min▼ 1.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home19.0% → 28.3%▲ 9.3 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.2% → 66.7%▼ 8.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.7% ±7.8 pp
Carpool4.4% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.0% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home28.3% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 4,380 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.

93thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 93% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

20th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate8,623± 591 MOE
Workers age 16+4,380± 502 MOE
Workers with travel time3,141± 515 MOE
Estimated home workers1,239± 261 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.