What is the average commute in Cleveland city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 22.5 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 11.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 0.8 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 39160002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Cleveland, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Cleveland city, Ohio
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.5 min one way; 11.5% worked from home, 64.6% drove alone, and 4.1% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.5 min±0.8 min MOE

Worked from home11.5%±0.8 pp MOE

Drove alone64.6%±1.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.1%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 Cleveland city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.0 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 commute23.5 min → 22.5 min▼ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.9% → 11.5%▲ 4.6 pp

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

Public transit7.9% → 6.5%▼ 1.4 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone68.6% → 64.6%▼ 4.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Cleveland city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 64.6%; 6.5% used public transit and 11.5% worked from home.

Drive alone64.6% ±1.1 pp

Carpool9.6% ±0.8 pp

Public transit6.5% ±0.6 pp

Walk5.2% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.5% ±0.2 pp

Work from home11.5% ±0.8 pp

Each share uses 156,572 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Cleveland city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 35th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

35^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 65% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

35^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 65% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

92^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

29^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Cleveland city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 156,572 workers age 16+, including 138,605 workers with reported travel time and 17,967 home workers.

Population estimate366,097± 76 MOE

Workers age 16+156,572± 2,749 MOE

Workers with travel time138,605± 2,821 MOE

Estimated home workers17,967± 1,229 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 Cleveland city

These 4 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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