ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39277762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Forestville, Ohio

Mean one-way trip23.6 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home16.3%±3.9 pp MOE
Drove alone70.7%±5.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.7%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 commute24.3 min → 23.6 min▼ 0.7 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home12.7% → 16.3%▲ 3.6 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.3%▼ 0.9 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone74.7% → 70.7%▼ 4.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone70.7% ±5.7 pp
Carpool8.2% ±4.1 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp
Walk1.5% ±1.0 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.4 pp
Work from home16.3% ±3.9 pp

Each share uses 5,218 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.

42thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

69thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 69% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

51thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 51% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

14th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate10,831± 998 MOE
Workers age 16+5,218± 523 MOE
Workers with travel time4,366± 503 MOE
Estimated home workers852± 219 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.