ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39051022024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bellbrook, Ohio

Mean one-way trip22.7 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home22.0%±7.0 pp MOE
Drove alone68.6%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.8%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute22.4 min → 22.7 min▲ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.0% → 22.0%▲ 12.0 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.3% → 68.6%▼ 12.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone68.6% ±6.7 pp
Carpool8.7% ±3.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.3 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home22.0% ±7.0 pp

Each share uses 3,627 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.

36thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

84thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 84% 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.

6th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,394± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+3,627± 286 MOE
Workers with travel time2,829± 307 MOE
Estimated home workers798± 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.