ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39079722024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bowling Green, Ohio

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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute17.7 min → 17.5 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.1% → 10.5%▲ 2.4 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.4%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.4% → 71.8%▼ 1.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.8% ±3.6 pp
Carpool7.4% ±1.9 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp
Walk8.7% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle0.7% ±0.5 pp
Work from home10.5% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 14,787 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.

8thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

32thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

30thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 70% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

5th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

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.