What is the average commute in Beachwood city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 18.0 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 21.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5.0 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 39045002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Beachwood, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Beachwood city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.0 min one way; 21.3% worked from home, 63.1% drove alone, and 0.9% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.0 min±2.5 min MOE

Worked from home21.3%±5.0 pp MOE

Drove alone63.1%±4.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip0.9%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 Beachwood city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +10.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.6 min → 18.0 min▼ 1.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.0% → 21.3%▲ 10.3 pp

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

Public transit3.4% → 0.7%▼ 2.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.0% → 63.1%▼ 10.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Beachwood city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 63.1%; 0.7% used public transit and 21.3% worked from home.

Drive alone63.1% ±4.9 pp

Carpool10.8% ±4.9 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.6 pp

Walk3.7% ±2.7 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp

Work from home21.3% ±5.0 pp

Each share uses 6,832 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Beachwood city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 12th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

12^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

60^thTransit percentile

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

3^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Beachwood city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,832 workers age 16+, including 5,376 workers with reported travel time and 1,456 home workers.

Population estimate13,865± 31 MOE

Workers age 16+6,832± 436 MOE

Workers with travel time5,376± 415 MOE

Estimated home workers1,456± 351 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 Beachwood 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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