ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39270482024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Findlay, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 16.1 min one way; 9.9% worked from home, 76.8% drove alone, and 3.4% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip16.1 min±1.6 min MOE
Worked from home9.9%±1.9 pp MOE
Drove alone76.8%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip3.4%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 Findlay 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 +4.2 percentage points.

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

Mean commute16.5 min → 16.1 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.8% → 9.9%▲ 4.2 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.0%▼ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone81.9% → 76.8%▼ 5.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Findlay city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 76.8%; 0.0% used public transit and 9.9% worked from home.

Drive alone76.8% ±3.6 pp
Carpool9.0% ±2.2 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.1 pp
Walk2.7% ±0.9 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.5 pp
Work from home9.9% ±1.9 pp

Each share uses 19,820 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Findlay city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 4th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

4thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 96% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

29thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 71% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

3thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 97% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

17th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 83% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Findlay city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 19,820 workers age 16+, including 17,851 workers with reported travel time and 1,969 home workers.

Population estimate40,287± 32 MOE
Workers age 16+19,820± 767 MOE
Workers with travel time17,851± 855 MOE
Estimated home workers1,969± 375 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 Findlay 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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