What is the average commute in Dayton city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 20.3 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 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 39210002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dayton, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Dayton city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 20.3 min one way; 9.7% worked from home, 72.2% drove alone, and 4.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip20.3 min±1.2 min MOE

Worked from home9.7%±1.2 pp MOE

Drove alone72.2%±2.1 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.7%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 Dayton 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 +3.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute20.8 min → 20.3 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.7% → 9.7%▲ 3.1 pp

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

Public transit5.0% → 3.1%▼ 1.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone71.2% → 72.2%▲ 0.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Dayton city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.2%; 3.1% used public transit and 9.7% worked from home.

Drive alone72.2% ±2.1 pp

Carpool9.2% ±1.2 pp

Public transit3.1% ±0.6 pp

Walk4.3% ±1.0 pp

Bicycle0.2% ±0.1 pp

Work from home9.7% ±1.2 pp

Each share uses 58,113 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Dayton city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 21th percentile among covered 100k–500k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

21^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 79% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

23^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 77% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

78^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 78% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

39^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the 100k–500k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Dayton city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 58,113 workers age 16+, including 52,469 workers with reported travel time and 5,644 home workers.

Population estimate136,579± 56 MOE

Workers age 16+58,113± 1,616 MOE

Workers with travel time52,469± 1,730 MOE

Estimated home workers5,644± 713 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 Dayton 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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