ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39355602024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Hillsboro, Ohio

Mean one-way trip22.6 min±4.8 min MOE
Worked from home4.2%±2.6 pp MOE
Drove alone81.6%±7.4 pp MOE
60+ minute trip5.2%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 commute20.8 min → 22.6 min▲ 1.8 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home5.2% → 4.2%▼ 0.9 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.6% → 81.6%▼ 2.0 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone81.6% ±7.4 pp
Carpool11.6% ±4.8 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.7 pp
Walk2.3% ±2.4 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.7 pp
Work from home4.2% ±2.6 pp

Each share uses 2,759 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.

36thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

10thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

38th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 62% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate6,527± 23 MOE
Workers age 16+2,759± 344 MOE
Workers with travel time2,642± 346 MOE
Estimated home workers117± 73 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.