ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39338382024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Harrison, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 25.8 min one way; 13.1% worked from home, 78.5% drove alone, and 3.5% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip25.8 min±2.9 min MOE
Worked from home13.1%±3.7 pp MOE
Drove alone78.5%±1.6 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 Harrison city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -0.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.9 percentage points.

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

Mean commute26.0 min → 25.8 min▼ 0.2 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home11.2% → 13.1%▲ 1.9 pp

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

Public transit0.4% → 0.3%▼ 0.1 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone80.4% → 78.5%▼ 1.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Harrison city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 78.5%; 0.3% used public transit and 13.1% worked from home.

Drive alone78.5% ±1.6 pp
Carpool6.3% ±3.0 pp
Public transit0.3% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.8% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.2 pp
Work from home13.1% ±3.7 pp

Each share uses 7,178 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Harrison city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 56th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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

56thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 56% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

57thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 57% 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.

21th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 79% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Harrison city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 7,178 workers age 16+, including 6,235 workers with reported travel time and 943 home workers.

Population estimate13,084± 70 MOE
Workers age 16+7,178± 504 MOE
Workers with travel time6,235± 410 MOE
Estimated home workers943± 275 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 Harrison 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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