What is the average commute in Franklin city, Ohio?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 23.1 min, excluding people who worked from home.

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

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 8.6%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 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 39284762024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Franklin, Ohio

Name: Commute estimates for Franklin city, Ohio
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 23.1 min one way; 8.6% worked from home, 75.5% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip23.1 min±4.1 min MOE

Worked from home8.6%±3.4 pp MOE

Drove alone75.5%±5.5 pp MOE

60+ minute trip3.5%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 Franklin 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 +6.1 percentage points.

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

Mean commute22.7 min → 23.1 min▲ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.6% → 8.6%▲ 6.1 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.5%▲ 0.2 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone84.8% → 75.5%▼ 9.2 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Franklin city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 75.5%; 0.5% used public transit and 8.6% worked from home.

Drive alone75.5% ±5.5 pp

Carpool11.6% ±5.9 pp

Public transit0.5% ±0.5 pp

Walk0.4% ±0.5 pp

Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp

Work from home8.6% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 5,353 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Franklin city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 39th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

39^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 61% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

34^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Franklin city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 5,353 workers age 16+, including 4,890 workers with reported travel time and 463 home workers.

Population estimate11,712± 34 MOE

Workers age 16+5,353± 518 MOE

Workers with travel time4,890± 516 MOE

Estimated home workers463± 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.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Ohio commute records for Franklin 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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