ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39093582024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Brookville, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.8 min one way; 4.2% worked from home, 85.2% drove alone, and 7.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.8 min±6.3 min MOE
Worked from home4.2%±2.4 pp MOE
Drove alone85.2%±6.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.4%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 Brookville city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -3.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute25.0 min → 21.8 min▼ 3.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.0% → 4.2%▲ 0.2 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone90.7% → 85.2%▼ 5.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Brookville city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.2%; 0.0% used public transit and 4.2% worked from home.

Drive alone85.2% ±6.4 pp
Carpool5.1% ±4.0 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk1.4% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle3.4% ±3.6 pp
Work from home4.2% ±2.4 pp

Each share uses 2,642 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Brookville city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 31th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

31thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

9thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

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

56th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Brookville city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 2,642 workers age 16+, including 2,532 workers with reported travel time and 110 home workers.

Population estimate5,779± 312 MOE
Workers age 16+2,642± 356 MOE
Workers with travel time2,532± 373 MOE
Estimated home workers110± 66 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 Brookville 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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