What is the average commute in Fairlawn city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 21.6 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 27.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 6.9 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 39261662024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fairlawn, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Fairlawn city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 21.6 min one way; 27.6% worked from home, 67.5% drove alone, and 1.3% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip21.6 min±4.9 min MOE

Worked from home27.6%±6.9 pp MOE

Drove alone67.5%±7.9 pp MOE

60+ minute trip1.3%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 Fairlawn city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.1 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +18.3 percentage points.

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

Mean commute19.5 min → 21.6 min▲ 2.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home9.3% → 27.6%▲ 18.3 pp

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

Public transit1.2% → 0.1%▼ 1.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.9% → 67.5%▼ 17.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fairlawn city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 67.5%; 0.1% used public transit and 27.6% worked from home.

Drive alone67.5% ±7.9 pp

Carpool4.3% ±3.3 pp

Public transit0.1% ±0.2 pp

Walk0.5% ±0.8 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home27.6% ±6.9 pp

Each share uses 4,219 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fairlawn city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 30th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

30^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

92^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

39^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

4^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 96% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fairlawn city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,219 workers age 16+, including 3,054 workers with reported travel time and 1,165 home workers.

Population estimate7,711± 21 MOE

Workers age 16+4,219± 296 MOE

Workers with travel time3,054± 352 MOE

Estimated home workers1,165± 302 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 Fairlawn 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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