ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39134842024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Champion Heights, Ohio

Mean one-way trip30.0 min±6.3 min MOE
Worked from home14.7%±6.8 pp MOE
Drove alone78.6%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip13.1%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 commute25.8 min → 30.0 min▲ 4.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.0% → 14.7%▲ 1.6 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.4%▲ 0.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone76.9% → 78.6%▲ 1.7 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.6% ±4.5 pp
Carpool4.2% ±2.6 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.9 pp
Walk1.3% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home14.7% ±6.8 pp

Each share uses 3,018 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.

77thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 77% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

63thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

52thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

82th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,380± 561 MOE
Workers age 16+3,018± 390 MOE
Workers with travel time2,575± 349 MOE
Estimated home workers443± 213 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.