ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39323402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Greenville, Ohio

Mean one-way trip17.3 min±2.5 min MOE
Worked from home4.2%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone78.5%±3.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.0%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 commute17.6 min → 17.3 min▼ 0.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.5% → 4.2%▲ 1.7 pp

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

Public transit0.2% → 0.2%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.5% → 78.5%▼ 2.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone78.5% ±3.3 pp
Carpool13.8% ±4.2 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.3 pp
Walk2.1% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home4.2% ±2.0 pp

Each share uses 5,715 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.

9thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

9thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

46thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

27th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 73% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,741± 31 MOE
Workers age 16+5,715± 389 MOE
Workers with travel time5,475± 393 MOE
Estimated home workers240± 113 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.