ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39233802024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

East Cleveland, Ohio

Mean one-way trip25.0 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home9.1%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone60.8%±7.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip6.5%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 commute25.7 min → 25.0 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home4.9% → 9.1%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit17.9% → 16.3%▼ 1.7 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone61.1% → 60.8%▼ 0.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone60.8% ±7.4 pp
Carpool8.8% ±3.8 pp
Public transit16.3% ±5.5 pp
Walk0.7% ±0.6 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.5 pp
Work from home9.1% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 4,314 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.

51thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

37thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 63% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

99thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 99% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

49th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate13,534± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+4,314± 500 MOE
Workers with travel time3,922± 469 MOE
Estimated home workers392± 166 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.