ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39092462024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brooklyn, Ohio

Mean one-way trip20.7 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home11.3%±3.1 pp MOE
Drove alone66.8%±4.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.1%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute23.3 min → 20.7 min▼ 2.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.5% → 11.3%▲ 6.8 pp

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

Public transit3.2% → 2.5%▼ 0.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone78.3% → 66.8%▼ 11.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone66.8% ±4.3 pp
Carpool15.6% ±4.3 pp
Public transit2.5% ±1.6 pp
Walk2.6% ±2.6 pp
Bicycle0.4% ±0.8 pp
Work from home11.3% ±3.1 pp

Each share uses 5,785 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.

25thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

48thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

17th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate11,158± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+5,785± 372 MOE
Workers with travel time5,129± 364 MOE
Estimated home workers656± 187 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.