Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39180002024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Columbus, Ohio
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.5 min one way; 18.3% worked from home, 67.7% drove alone, and 3.2% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip21.5 min±0.4 min MOE
Worked from home18.3%±0.6 pp MOE
Drove alone67.7%±0.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.2%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 Columbus city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +7.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Columbus city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.7%; 1.9% used public transit and 18.3% worked from home.
Each share uses 477,886 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Columbus city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 5th percentile among covered 500k+ places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is lower than about 95% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The work-from-home share is higher than about 53% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The public-transit share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
The 60+ minute share is lower than about 89% of covered places in the 500k+ population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Columbus city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 477,886 workers age 16+, including 390,334 workers with reported travel time and 87,552 home workers.
Population estimate914,802± 302 MOE
Workers age 16+477,886± 4,016 MOE
Workers with travel time390,334± 4,157 MOE
Estimated home workers87,552± 2,826 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
All Ohio reports →Comparable Ohio commute records for Columbus city
No other Ohio place in the 500k+ population band met the same publication rule in this dataset.