ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39301982024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Girard, Ohio

Mean one-way trip17.9 min±2.8 min MOE
Worked from home6.5%±3.4 pp MOE
Drove alone81.9%±2.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.6%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 the published estimate?

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

Mean commute18.0 min → 17.9 min▼ 0.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.9% → 6.5%▲ 2.6 pp

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

Public transit0.1% → 0.9%▲ 0.8 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone89.9% → 81.9%▼ 8.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.9% ±2.4 pp
Carpool7.3% ±3.3 pp
Public transit0.9% ±1.1 pp
Walk3.4% ±4.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home6.5% ±3.4 pp

Each share uses 4,072 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.

12thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

22thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 78% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

66thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

13th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 87% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate9,505± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+4,072± 402 MOE
Workers with travel time3,807± 377 MOE
Estimated home workers265± 140 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.