What is the average commute in Clayton city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Clayton city, Ohio work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.3%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · OH · GEOID 39156442024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Clayton, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Clayton city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.6 min one way; 8.3% worked from home, 77.5% drove alone, and 3.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.6 min±2.9 min MOE

Worked from home8.3%±2.6 pp MOE

Drove alone77.5%±4.8 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 Clayton city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -5.6 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +4.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.3 min → 20.6 min▼ 5.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.8% → 8.3%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.7%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.7% → 77.5%▼ 6.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Clayton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 77.5%; 0.7% used public transit and 8.3% worked from home.

Drive alone77.5% ±4.8 pp

Carpool12.9% ±4.6 pp

Public transit0.7% ±0.6 pp

Walk0.0% ±0.3 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.3 pp

Work from home8.3% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 6,659 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Clayton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 24th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

24^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 76% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

33^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 67% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

61^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

17^th60+ 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 Clayton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,659 workers age 16+, including 6,103 workers with reported travel time and 556 home workers.

Population estimate13,277± 23 MOE

Workers age 16+6,659± 519 MOE

Workers with travel time6,103± 527 MOE

Estimated home workers556± 181 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 Clayton 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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