Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39079722024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Bowling Green, Ohio
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 17.5 min one way; 10.5% worked from home, 71.8% drove alone, and 2.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip17.5 min±2.1 min MOE
Worked from home10.5%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone71.8%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.2%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 Bowling Green city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Bowling Green city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.8%; 0.4% used public transit and 10.5% worked from home.
Each share uses 14,787 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Bowling Green city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 8th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Bowling Green city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 14,787 workers age 16+, including 13,234 workers with reported travel time and 1,553 home workers.
Population estimate29,983± 27 MOE
Workers age 16+14,787± 877 MOE
Workers with travel time13,234± 786 MOE
Estimated home workers1,553± 389 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
All Ohio reports →Comparable Ohio commute records for Bowling Green city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.