ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OH · GEOID 39372402024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Independence, Ohio

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 22.6 min one way; 18.7% worked from home, 71.9% drove alone, and 2.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip22.6 min±4.0 min MOE
Worked from home18.7%±5.3 pp MOE
Drove alone71.9%±4.9 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.0%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 Independence city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.4 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +8.5 percentage points.

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

Mean commute24.0 min → 22.6 min▼ 1.4 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home10.1% → 18.7%▲ 8.5 pp

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

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone79.8% → 71.9%▼ 7.9 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Independence city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 71.9%; 0.0% used public transit and 18.7% worked from home.

Drive alone71.9% ±4.9 pp
Carpool8.2% ±4.9 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.4 pp
Walk0.2% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.4 pp
Work from home18.7% ±5.3 pp

Each share uses 4,009 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Independence city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 36th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

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.

76thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is higher than about 76% 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.

8th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Independence city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 4,009 workers age 16+, including 3,260 workers with reported travel time and 749 home workers.

Population estimate7,534± 24 MOE
Workers age 16+4,009± 235 MOE
Workers with travel time3,260± 274 MOE
Estimated home workers749± 217 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 Independence 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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