ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39226742024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Dry Run, Ohio

Mean one-way trip24.6 min±4.7 min MOE
Worked from home22.7%±4.0 pp MOE
Drove alone71.9%±6.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.3%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute27.0 min → 24.6 min▼ 2.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home13.3% → 22.7%▲ 9.4 pp

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

Public transit0.7% → 0.9%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone82.8% → 71.9%▼ 10.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone71.9% ±6.1 pp
Carpool3.8% ±1.8 pp
Public transit0.9% ±0.8 pp
Walk0.3% ±0.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home22.7% ±4.0 pp

Each share uses 3,873 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

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

48thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 52% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

85thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

65thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 65% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

19th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 81% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,687± 826 MOE
Workers age 16+3,873± 439 MOE
Workers with travel time2,995± 403 MOE
Estimated home workers878± 185 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.