ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39090642024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Broadview Heights, Ohio

Mean one-way trip25.7 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home16.5%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone73.9%±4.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 commute27.4 min → 25.7 min▼ 1.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.6% → 16.5%▲ 2.9 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.4%▲ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.8% → 73.9%▼ 5.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone73.9% ±4.4 pp
Carpool5.5% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.4% ±2.3 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home16.5% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 10,468 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.

55thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

70thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

54thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate19,771± 25 MOE
Workers age 16+10,468± 604 MOE
Workers with travel time8,739± 687 MOE
Estimated home workers1,729± 432 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.