ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39044162024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bay Village, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.5 min one way; 28.6% worked from home, 66.3% drove alone, and 6.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.5 min±3.0 min MOE
Worked from home28.6%±3.6 pp MOE
Drove alone66.3%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.1%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 Bay Village city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute23.7 min → 23.5 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home17.7% → 28.6%▲ 10.9 pp

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

Public transit0.9% → 0.1%▼ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.6% → 66.3%▼ 8.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bay Village city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.3%; 0.1% used public transit and 28.6% worked from home.

Drive alone66.3% ±4.4 pp
Carpool3.2% ±1.1 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.1 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.6 pp
Work from home28.6% ±3.6 pp

Each share uses 7,698 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bay Village city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 41th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

41thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 59% 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.

40thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 60% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Bay Village city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,698 workers age 16+, including 5,497 workers with reported travel time and 2,201 home workers.

Population estimate15,984± 53 MOE
Workers age 16+7,698± 362 MOE
Workers with travel time5,497± 409 MOE
Estimated home workers2,201± 298 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 Bay Village 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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