ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39051302024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bellefontaine, Ohio

Mean one-way trip18.6 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home5.0%±3.3 pp MOE
Drove alone73.0%±5.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 commute19.0 min → 18.6 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.1% → 5.0%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.3%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.6% → 73.0%▼ 6.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.0% ±5.1 pp
Carpool17.4% ±5.8 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.7 pp
Walk2.0% ±1.9 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home5.0% ±3.3 pp

Each share uses 6,283 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.

14thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

19th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,807± 618 MOE
Workers age 16+6,283± 566 MOE
Workers with travel time5,968± 540 MOE
Estimated home workers315± 209 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.