ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39288262024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Fremont, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 18.9 min one way; 1.9% worked from home, 84.5% drove alone, and 5.6% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip18.9 min±2.6 min MOE
Worked from home1.9%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone84.5%±4.1 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.6%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 Fremont city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.0 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +0.6 percentage points.

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

Mean commute17.8 min → 18.9 min▲ 1.0 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home1.3% → 1.9%▲ 0.6 pp

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

Public transit1.3% → 0.8%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone86.9% → 84.5%▼ 2.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Fremont city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 84.5%; 0.8% used public transit and 1.9% worked from home.

Drive alone84.5% ±4.1 pp
Carpool5.9% ±2.4 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.8 pp
Walk3.7% ±1.7 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home1.9% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 6,572 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Fremont city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 15th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

15thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

2thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 98% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

64thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

42th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 58% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Fremont city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 6,572 workers age 16+, including 6,445 workers with reported travel time and 127 home workers.

Population estimate15,835± 40 MOE
Workers age 16+6,572± 416 MOE
Workers with travel time6,445± 424 MOE
Estimated home workers127± 90 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 Fremont 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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