ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39049202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bedford Heights, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.8 min one way; 11.2% worked from home, 72.3% drove alone, and 4.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.8 min±4.1 min MOE
Worked from home11.2%±6.9 pp MOE
Drove alone72.3%±5.6 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 Bedford Heights city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.8 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.2 min → 23.8 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.4% → 11.2%▲ 7.8 pp

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

Public transit2.7% → 3.8%▲ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.7% → 72.3%▼ 10.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Bedford Heights city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.3%; 3.8% used public transit and 11.2% worked from home.

Drive alone72.3% ±5.6 pp
Carpool8.8% ±4.1 pp
Public transit3.8% ±2.6 pp
Walk1.7% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home11.2% ±6.9 pp

Each share uses 5,240 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Bedford Heights city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 44th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

44thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

88thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34th60+ 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 Bedford Heights city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,240 workers age 16+, including 4,652 workers with reported travel time and 588 home workers.

Population estimate10,847± 38 MOE
Workers age 16+5,240± 466 MOE
Workers with travel time4,652± 540 MOE
Estimated home workers588± 367 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 Bedford Heights 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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