ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39073002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Blue Ash, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.2 min one way; 23.1% worked from home, 66.2% drove alone, and 1.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.2 min±2.7 min MOE
Worked from home23.1%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone66.2%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip1.1%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 Blue Ash 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 +7.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.8 min → 20.2 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home16.0% → 23.1%▲ 7.2 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.1%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone77.2% → 66.2%▼ 11.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Blue Ash city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 66.2%; 0.1% used public transit and 23.1% worked from home.

Drive alone66.2% ±4.9 pp
Carpool9.4% ±3.1 pp
Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp
Walk0.4% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp
Work from home23.1% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 6,802 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Blue Ash city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 22th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

22thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

86thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

3th60+ 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 Blue Ash city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,802 workers age 16+, including 5,228 workers with reported travel time and 1,574 home workers.

Population estimate13,455± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+6,802± 447 MOE
Workers with travel time5,228± 424 MOE
Estimated home workers1,574± 251 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 Blue Ash 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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