ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39109962024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cambridge, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 19.8 min one way; 2.8% worked from home, 86.6% drove alone, and 7.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip19.8 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home2.8%±1.7 pp MOE
Drove alone86.6%±5.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip7.0%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 Cambridge city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute18.7 min → 19.8 min▲ 1.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.4% → 2.8%▲ 1.5 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.0%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone85.3% → 86.6%▲ 1.3 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cambridge city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 86.6%; 0.0% used public transit and 2.8% worked from home.

Drive alone86.6% ±5.5 pp
Carpool8.4% ±3.6 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home2.8% ±1.7 pp

Each share uses 4,302 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cambridge city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 20th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

20thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 80% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 96% 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.

53th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cambridge city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,302 workers age 16+, including 4,180 workers with reported travel time and 122 home workers.

Population estimate10,060± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+4,302± 352 MOE
Workers with travel time4,180± 342 MOE
Estimated home workers122± 74 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 Cambridge 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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