What is the average commute in Delphos city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.7 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 3.5%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 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 39216022024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Delphos, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Delphos city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.7 min one way; 3.5% worked from home, 85.9% drove alone, and 2.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.7 min±4.1 min MOE

Worked from home3.5%±2.1 pp MOE

Drove alone85.9%±5.0 pp MOE

60+ minute trip2.0%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 Delphos city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute21.6 min → 21.7 min▲ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.4% → 3.5%▲ 2.1 pp

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

Public transit0.3% → 0.0%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone90.9% → 85.9%▼ 5.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Delphos city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 85.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 3.5% worked from home.

Drive alone85.9% ±5.0 pp

Carpool9.3% ±3.7 pp

Public transit0.0% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.6 pp

Bicycle0.3% ±0.5 pp

Work from home3.5% ±2.1 pp

Each share uses 3,451 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Delphos city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 31th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

31^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

6^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 94% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

8^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Delphos city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,451 workers age 16+, including 3,331 workers with reported travel time and 120 home workers.

Population estimate7,143± 247 MOE

Workers age 16+3,451± 323 MOE

Workers with travel time3,331± 323 MOE

Estimated home workers120± 72 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 Delphos 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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